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Smooth Snake

Coronella austriaca

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 Alaska.January 887, February 655, March 1,027, April 1,615, May 2,329, June 2,540, July 2,718, August 2,337, September 1,716, October 1,281, November 700, December 547.
United States18,353
Alaska18,353
Austria1,155
Germany1,117
Italy955
France761
Russia599
Czechia484
Spain480
Nord-Ovest428

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