Common name: the Smooth Snake
Conservation status: Least Concern
Distribution: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Size: up to 750 mm
Description: upperside coloration is grey or brown with two rows of small indistinct dark spots; on the top of the head there is a dark marking in the shape of a crown; a dark stripe extends from each nostril over the eye along the side of the head to the neck
Habitat: various types of habitat, such as moorland, rocky coastlines, open woodland, woodland edges, heathland and rocky areas
Activity: diurnal
Diet: small vertebrates
Reproduction: viviparous
Photo gallery:
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- juvenile, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- juvenile, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- juvenile, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- juvenile, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- juvenile, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- juvenile, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- mating pair, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- mating pair, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- mating pair, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- mating pair, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
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- mating pair, Province of Saratov, Russian Federation
