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Basic information
Coronella austriaca
Smooth Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusSmooth Snakes
- Czech name
- Užovka hladká
- English name
- Smooth Snake
- Alternative names
- Colubro liscio, Culebra lisa europea, Gladde Slang, Glattnatter, Schlingnatter, Smukulja, Обыкновенная медянка
- Synonyms
- Coluber alpinus, Coluber austricaus, Coluber caucasicus, Coluber caucasius, Coluber coronella, Coluber cupreus, Coluber ferrugineus, Coluber gallicus, Coluber laevis, Coluber levis, Coluber nebulosus, Coluber oculus cati, Coluber paedera, Coluber ponticus, Coluber tetragonus, Coluber thuringicus, Coluber versicolor, Coronella austriaca fitzingeri, Coronella austriaca var. concolor, Coronella austriaca var. fasciata, Coronella austriaca var. immaculata, Coronella austriaca var. lateralis, Coronella austriaca var. marginata, Coronella austriaca var. pallida, Coronella austriaca var. quadrilineata, Coronella austriaca var. quadritaeniata, Coronella austriaca var. scalaris, Coronella austriaca var. sparsa, Coronella austriaca var. taeniata, Coronella austriaca var. veithi, Coronella laevis, Coronella laevis var. leopardina, Coronella vernalis, Simotes semicinctus, Tropidonotus austriacus, Tropidonotus thuringiacus, Zacholus austriacus, Zacholus laevis
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial and/or ground-dwelling only, Ground, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 800 mm
- Body mass
- max 66.5 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~2.4 g
- Offspring total length
- max 187 mm
- Offspring SVL
- max 138 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 17 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Mixed
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–5 years
- Reproductive mode
- Ovoviviparous
- Clutch size
- 2–16 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 0–0 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · YH2R · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 12571 · dryad-v5