Colubridae Natricinae Natrix maura Natrix tessellata
Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grass Snake

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Rovereto (Trento), Italy, September 1989
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Manziana (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Ilaria Pimpinelli)

Subadult, Caldara di Manziana (Roma), Italy, April 2002
(Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Young, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, October 25, 2006
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Lago di Pratignano (Modena), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Rovereto (Trento), Italy, September 1989
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Giuliano Parisi)

Adult, Arco (Trento), Italy, May 2003
(Photo by Giuliano Parisi)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult ssp. cetti Gené, 1838, Propriano, Corse, France, July 1989
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult ssp. cetti Gené, 1838, Propriano, Corse, France, July 1989
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (female), Caldara di Manziana (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Crna Gora (Montenegro)
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult ssp. astreptophora (Seoane, 1884), Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela, Portugal
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Amoudià (Parga), Greece
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

N. natrix (© Ilaria Pimpinelli)

Subadult, Caldara di Manziana (Roma), Italy, April 2002
(Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli)

N. natrix (© Andrea Brenner)

Adult, Limburg/Lahn, Germany
(Photo by Andrea Brenner)

N. natrix (© Bastiaan Winters)

Young, Cèze river, S France, June 2003
(Photo by Bastiaan Winters, ww123@hetnet.nl)

N. natrix (© Brano Ivcic)

Adult, Slovakia
(Photo by Brano Ivcic, FotoAparát.cz - Brano Ivcic)

N. natrix (© Guntram Deichsel)

Adult, Kalogria, Peloponnesos, Greece, May 2001
(Photo by Guntram Deichsel)

N. natrix (© Chris Steeman)

Adult, Torgny, Luxembourg, Belgium, July 31, 2004
(Photo by Chris Steeman)

N. natrix (© Rémi Fonters)

Adult, Bialowieza, Podlasie, Poland, May 21, 2005
(Photo by Rémi Fonters, Coronella - Herpétofaune de France et d'ailleurs)

N. natrix (© Daniel James Phillips)

Adult, Corbières (Aude, 11), France, May 29, 2005
(Photo by Daniel James Phillips, European Field Herping Community)

N. natrix (© Stjepan Mekiniĉ)

Adult, river Cetina, Croatia
(Photo by Stjepan Mekiniĉ)

N. natrix (© Horia Bogdan)

Adult, Arad County, Romania, April 23, 2005
(Photo by Horia Bogdan, Herpetological Club of Oradea web site)


Distribution:
Norway, Sweden, Finland, England, France (Corsica), Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia), Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia: Croatia (including some adriatic islands), Slovenia, Bosnia and Hercegowina, Monte Negro, Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (Limnos, Lesbos, Paros, Antiparos, Despotiko, Chios, Samos, Samothraki, Andros), Turkey, Cyprus, Italy (including Elba), Spain, Portugal, N Iran, Syria, USSR/Soviet Union, NW China (Xinjiang), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, NW Mongolia

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