#1475 · 🦎 reptiles

Barred Grass Snake

🇳🇱 Ringslang ·Natrix helvetica

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Alexandre Roux · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands:© Frank Huisman · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Netherlands:© Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Reeuwijk, NL-ZH, NL:© pwink · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Netherlands:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 8377 Kalenberg, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The barred grass snake ( Natrix helvetica ) is a non-venomous colubrid snake from Western Europe, living in and close to water. It was included within the grass snake species, Natrix natrix , until August 2017, when genetic analysis led to its reclassification as a separate species.

base stats

NL sightings 421iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,245iNaturalist 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).