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Vipera berus, also known as the common European adder [3] and the common European viper, [4] is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is extremely widespread and can be found throughout much of Europe , and as far as East Asia . [ 2 ]
Coin snake, Hemorrhois nummifer (has been mentioned from European Turkey but actual presence in Europe remains unconfirmed and demands substantiation) Red whip snake, Platyceps collaris LC (Bulgaria, Turkey) Dahl's whip snake, Platyceps najadum LC (south-eastern Europe) Balkan whip snake, Hierophis gemonensis LC (south-eastern Europe)
The Aesculapian snake / ˌ ɛ s k j ə ˈ l eɪ p i ə n / (now Zamenis longissimus, previously Elaphe longissima) is a species of nonvenomous snake native to Europe, a member of the Colubrinae subfamily of the family Colubridae.
However, the fossil record shows that the extinct European cobra Naja romani occurs in Miocene-aged strata of France, Germany, Austria, Romania, and Ukraine and thus overlapped with Natrix species including the extinct Natrix longivertebrata, suggesting that the grass snake's behavioral mimicry of cobras is a fossil behavior, although it may ...
Invasive species including snakes and lizards are slipping unnoticed into northern Europe in vast shipments of cut flowers and potted plants, researchers have warned. Continental European snakes ...
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. ... European smooth snake; Stiletto snake; Striped snake. Japanese striped snake; Sunbeam snake; T. Taipan.
The ladder snake is a medium-sized snake which reaches a maximum total length (including tail) of around 160 cm (63 in) but which averages 120 cm (47 in). It has a pointed snout. As an adult the ladder snake is less variable than many related snake species, the basic colour goes from yellowish to dark brown, with two darker stripes running down ...
European asp, Vipera aspis "Asp" is the modern anglicisation of the word "aspis", which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. [1] The specific epithet, aspis, is a Greek word that means "viper". [2] It is believed that aspis referred to what is now known as the Egyptian cobra. [3]