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Southern Smooth Snake

Coronella girondica

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 2, February 25, March 46, April 115, May 144, June 103, July 41, August 49, September 64, October 77, November 26, December 18.
Spain710
France484
Italy280
Portugal257
Occitanie218
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur191
Nord-Ovest171
Cataluña/Catalunya153
Castilla y León96
Andalucía96

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusSmooth Snakes · Coronella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Southern Smooth Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.