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Smooth Snake

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Smooth Snake 

(Coronella austriaca), a snake of the family Colubridae.

The body of the smooth snake reaches 80 cm in length. It is brown or grayish brown on top; the males usually have a reddish tint; on the back there are two to four longitudinal rows of blackish specks. It is common over almost all Europe and western Asia; it is found in the European USSR and western Kazakh-stan, usually in open areas, and in the Caucasus up to an elevation of 2,500 m. It feeds primarily on lizards, small rodents, and insects. It is ovoviparous. In some regions the common adder, a poisonous snake, is sometimes erroneously identified as the nonpoisonous smooth snake, because the coloration is similar.
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Lacking the venom of the adder, or the constricting coils of the smooth snake, the grass snake relies on stealth and a lighting quick strike to catch its prey, Once a frog or newt is in its grasp, the snake dislocates its lower jaw and then slowly inches first the upper and then the lower jaw over its victim until it is swallowed whole, often appearing as a conspicuous bulge in the snake?
Grass Snake Part 1 by Saronkorn Seuyouyong / Pets and Animals community
uk/reserves, including the rare smooth snake and sand lizard.
Top of the spots by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Our other two species are the grass snake and smooth snake (the slow worm is actually a legless lizard) They kill their prey by striking them then following their scent to find their bodies Its zig zag pattern always comes to a V on the head, right between the eyes CAPTION(S): The adder - otherwise known as the viper - is the only venomous snake native to the UK
wild wales: Vipe out; Alun Prichard on Britains disappearig snakes by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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