Snakes of Portugal

11 snake species are recorded in Portugal - 3 venomous and 8 non-venomous, from 3 families.

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• Grass Snake Natrix natrix
• False Smooth Snake (cucullatus) Macroprotodon cucullatus
• Horseshoe Whip Snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis
• Iberian Grass Snake Natrix astreptophora
• Ladder Snake Zamenis scalaris
• Lataste's Viper Vipera latastei venomous
• Montpellier snake Malpolon monspessulanus venomous
• Seoane's Viper Vipera seoanei venomous
• Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca
• Southern Smooth Snake Coronella girondica
• Viperine Snake Natrix maura