Natrix natrix

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	NATRICIDAE

Scientific Name:

Natrix natrix

Species Authority:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Natrix natrix ssp. cetti

See Natrix natrix ssp. schweizeri

Common Name/s:

English	–	Grass Snake
French	–	Couleuvre à collier
Spanish	–	Culebra de Collar

Synonym/s:

Coluber natrix Linnaeus, 1758

Coluber persa Pallas, 1814

Coluber scutatus Pallas, 1771

Coluber torquatus Lacepede, 1789

Natrix vulgaris Laurenti, 1768

Tropidonotus ater Eichwald, 1831

Tropidonotus natrix Eichwald, 1831

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3
Year Published:	1996
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Albania; Algeria; Armenia (Armenia); Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; China (Xinjiang); Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Italy; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia (Serbia); Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom
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Countries:

Native:

Albania; Algeria; Armenia (Armenia); Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; China (Xinjiang); Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Italy; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia (Serbia); Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom

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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Citation:	European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Natrix natrix. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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