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Basic information
Natrix natrix
Common Grass Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusNatrix
- Czech name
- Užovka obojková pruhovaná
- English name
- Common Grass Snake
- Alternative names
- Užovka obojková, Bjelouška, Culebra de collar, Cyprus Grass Snake, European Grass Snake, Gemeine Ringelnatter, Grass Snake, Natrice dei Balcani, Обыкновенный уж, 水游蛇
- Synonyms
- Coluber minutus, Coluber natrix, Coluber natrix var. dalmatina, Coluber persa, Coluber scutatus, Coluber sparsus, Coluber torquatus, Natrix megalocephala, Natrix natrix fusca, Natrix natrix gotlandica, Natrix natrix schweizeri, Natrix vibakari continentalis, Natrix vulgaris, Tropidonotus ater, Tropidonotus natrix bithynius, Tropidonotus natrix britannicus, Tropidonotus natrix bucharensis, Tropidonotus natrix cephallonicus, Tropidonotus natrix cypriacus, Tropidonotus natrix dystiensis, Tropidonotus natrix moreoticus, Tropidonotus natrix schirvanae, Tropidonotus natrix syrae, Tropidonotus natrix syriacus, Tropidonotus natrix var. bilineata, Tropidonotus natrix var. colchica, Tropidonotus natrix var. lineata, Tropidonotus natrix var. minax, Tropidonotus natrix var. moreoticus, Tropidonotus natrix var. murorum, Tropidonotus natrix var. nigra, Tropidonotus natrix var. picturata, Tropidonotus natrix var. subbilineata
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Coastal, Forest, House, Pond, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Semi-aquatic
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,000 mm
- SVL
- max 320 mm
- Body mass
- max 2,800.9 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 4.3 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 180 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 20 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- ~17.1 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–4.3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 6–12 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 2 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 745RJ · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 16634 · dryad-v5