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Basic information
Natrix tessellata
Dice Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusNatrix
- Czech name
- Užovka podplamatá
- English name
- Dice Snake
- Alternative names
- Natrice tassellata, Ribarica, Tessellated Water Snake, Würfelnatter, Водяной уж, 棋斑水游蛇
- Synonyms
- Coluber elaphoides, Coluber gabinus, Coluber griseus, Coluber hydrophylus, Coluber hydrus, Coluber muravievii, Coluber penttatus, Coluber ponticus, Coluber reticulatus, Coronella tessellata, Enhydris caspia, Natrix dubbiosii, Natrix dunni, Natrix hydrus var. immaculata, Natrix tessellata albo, Natrix tessellata var. cyreni, Natrix tessellata var. flavescens, Natrix tessellata var. gaydai, Tropidonotus gracilis, Tropidonotus tantalus, Tropidonotus tessellatus heinrothi, Tropidonotus tessellatus laurenti, Tropidonotus tessellatus var. concolor, Tropidonotus tessellatus var. decipiens, Tropidonotus tessellatus var. flavescens, Tropidonotus tessellatus var. hagenbecki, Tropidonotus tessellatus var. lineaticollis, Tropidonotus tessellatus var. nigerrima, Tropidonotus tessellatus var. rubromaculosus, Tropidonotus tessellatus var. sparsus, Tropidonotus tessellatus vosseleri
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Grassland, River, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,000 mm
- SVL
- max 979 mm
- Body mass
- max 283.8 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 7.2 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 160 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 14 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral, Diurnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 6–15 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
- Egg length
- ~45 mm
- Egg width
- ~22 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6RTSY · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 16635 · dryad-v5