#1480 · 🦎 reptiles

Smooth Snake

🇳🇱 Gladde Slang ·Coronella austriaca

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Daniel Branch · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © rharris70 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ioana Mita · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Yannick Chittaro · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © B. P. White · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Gelderland, NL:© pwink · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Netherlands:© Josephine Beijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Gelderland, NL:© Kevin Hams · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Gelderland, NL:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Gelderland, NL:© Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Coronella austriaca (commonly known as a smooth snake ) is a non-venomous colubrid species found in northern and central Europe, but also as far east as northern Iran. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) currently recognizes three subspecies, including the typical form described here.

base stats

NL sightings 57iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 13,309iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 57 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #8 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
13,309 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768 (258 years ago).
Dutch status: The distribution of Dutch smooth snakes has been halved since the 1950'. Population fragmentation and decrease in nature quality at many occurrence sites threaten local persistence of the species..

fact sheet

English: Smooth Snake
Nederlands: Gladde Slang
scientific name: Coronella austriaca
class: Reptilia
order: Squamata
family: Colubridae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
Dutch status: The distribution of Dutch smooth snakes has been halved since the 1950'. Population fragmentation and decrease in nature quality at many occurrence sites threaten local persistence of the species.
sightings in NL: 57
sightings in Europe: 12,295
sightings worldwide: 13,309
GBIF records in NL: 9,852
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1768 by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti