#1531 · 🦎 reptiles

Ladder Snake

🇳🇱 Trapslang ·Zamenis scalaris

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Philippe Geniez · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Óscar Mendez · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Daniel Raposo · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Javisa Hun · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Marc · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Javisa Hun · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © José María Escolano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The ladder snake ( Rhinechis scalaris ) is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae which is found in southwestern Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,675iNaturalist 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.
5,675 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz in 1822 (204 years ago).