#1551 · 🦎 reptiles

Iberian Grass Snake

🇳🇱 Iberische ringslang ·Natrix astreptophora

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © manuelpedro04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Rodrigo Bustos Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Gilberto Sánchez Jardón · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Sejenane, Tunisko:© Václav John · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Chefchaouen, Maroc:© Bouazza Abdellah · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Ourense, España:© franciscodocampo · CC BY 4.0
9. Patones, 28189, Madrid, España:© fernan85ms · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Oeiras, PT-LI, PT:© Francisco F. Aguilar · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Natrix astreptophora , the red-eyed grass snake or the Iberian grass snake , is a species of natricine snake found in the Iberian Peninsula, south of France, and some coastal areas in Maghreb, from Tangier to Tunisia. Long considered a subspecies of the European grass snake, Natrix natrix , the subspecies was split off from that taxon in 2016.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,565iNaturalist 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.
2,565 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Victor López Seoane y Pardo-Montenegro in 1885 (141 years ago).