#1814 · 🦎 reptiles

Smooth Earthsnake

Virginia valeriae

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Amber Miller · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © J.D. Willson · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ashley Wahlberg · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © tmrandle · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Jance S Carter · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Virginia valeriae , commonly known as the smooth earth snake , is a species of nonvenomous natricine colubrid snake native to the eastern half of the United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,948iNaturalist 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.
3,948 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1853 (173 years ago).