Costa Blanca News Heredades Residents Surprised at Home by 150 Centimetre-Long Snake Posted on 20th March 2017 37 second read Residents of a Heredades home got a surprise visitor recently when they discovered a one and half metre-long horseshoe whip snake in their property on Calle Nido. Rojales local police were called in to remove the snake, which is native to Spain, Portugal, andNorth Africa, and had it taken to an animal sanctuary in Alicante.