#1477 · 🦎 reptiles

Adder

Vipera berus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Kęstutis · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © broncoblue · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Roberto Ghiglia · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Thomas Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © cjs1990 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Gelderland, NL:© pwink · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Gelderland, NL:© Roelvanderlit · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Gelderland, NL:© Roelvanderlit · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Netherlands:© christiaandevries · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Netherlands:© Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Vipera berus , the common European adder or common European viper , is a venomous snake that is extremely widespread and can be found throughout most of Western Europe and as far as East Asia. The species is also the only venomous snake native to Great Britain.

base stats

NL sightings 328iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,398iNaturalist 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 328 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #5 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
22,398 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Dutch status: Dutch vipers are highly-sought after photo subjects for wildlife photographers and other animal enthusiasts. Some viper populations are visited by multiple groups of people per day during the reproduction season; the degree of disturbance is high. Inaturalist is being used as a source to get location data for these visits. Records are obscured on the main Dutch biodiversity platform (waarneming.nl)..

fact sheet

English: Adder
Nederlands: Adder
scientific name: Vipera berus
class: Reptilia
order: Squamata
family: Viperidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
Dutch status: Dutch vipers are highly-sought after photo subjects for wildlife photographers and other animal enthusiasts. Some viper populations are visited by multiple groups of people per day during the reproduction season; the degree of disturbance is high. Inaturalist is being used as a source to get location data for these visits. Records are obscured on the main Dutch biodiversity platform (waarneming.nl).
sightings in NL: 328
sightings in Europe: 20,136
sightings worldwide: 22,398
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —