#1619 · 🦎 reptiles

Ring-necked Snake

🇳🇱 Ringnekslang ·Diadophis punctatus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © spencer_riffle · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Charles R. Peterson · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Tony Iwane · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © wasatch_hunter · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Tony Iwane · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. SW 148th Street Cir, Miami, FL, US:© Noah Frade · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Elkins, AR, USA:© Kory Roberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Lane County, OR, USA:© Rich Hoyer · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. Laurel Dell Fire Rd, Fairfax, CA, US:© Damon Tighe · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Diadophis punctatus , commonly known as the ring-necked snake or ringneck snake , is a harmless species of colubrid snake found throughout much of the United States, central Mexico, and southeastern Canada. Ring-necked snakes are secretive, nocturnal snakes, so are rarely seen during the day time. They are best known for their unique defense posture of curling up their tails, exposing their bright red-orange posterior, ventral surface when threatened.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 49,259iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
49,259 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).