Common name: the Common European Adder
Conservation status: Least Concern
Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Monte Negro, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine
Size: up to 600 mm
Description: upperside coloration varies from yellowish and grey to reddish and black with a dark zigzag pattern on the back
Habitat: wide variety of habitats, such as open woodland, shrubland, hedgerows, field edges, heathland, moors, grasslands, alpine meadows, dunes and marshes
Activity: diurnal, nocturnal during hot summer months, hibernation occurs from October-November to April
Toxicity: venomous!!!
Diet: small vertebrates
Reproduction: ovoviviparous, breeding period occurs in April-May
Photo gallery:
V. b. nikolskii (Russian Federation, Province of Saratov)
