#1792 · 🦎 reptiles

Queensnake

Regina septemvittata

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Helen A. Czech · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Thomas Belford · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Kari L Spivey · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © ColinDJones · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The queen snake ( Regina septemvittata ) is a species of nonvenomous semiaquatic snake, a member of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,653iNaturalist 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.
4,653 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1825 (201 years ago).