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Basic information
Natrix maura
Viperine Water Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusNatrix
- Czech name
- Užovka maurská
- English name
- Viperine Water Snake
- Alternative names
- Culebra viperina, Natrice viperina, Viperine Snake, Vipernatter
- Synonyms
- Coluber maurus, Coluber viperinus, Coluber viperinus aurolineatus, Natrix cherseoides, Natrix ocellata
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Brackish water, Forest, Freshwater, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Semi-aquatic
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 800 mm
- SVL
- max 483 mm
- Body mass
- max 135.8 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~1.05 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 20 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 4.5–4.5 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 3–20 individuals
- Clutches per year
- min 3 × 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 · 6S63L · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 16633 · dryad-v5