Photo of a Dark green snake (Coluber viridiflavus)
Photo: piero, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Dark green snake

Coluber viridiflavus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Coluber
Continents
Europe
Countries
3
How common
Common

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About

Dark green snake (Coluber viridiflavus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in France, Italy, Spain. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, broadleaf forest, woodland and 14 more. Common: recorded in 2751 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

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