Smooth Snake
Coronella austriaca
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Coronella
- Continents
- Europe
- Countries
- 26
- How common
- Common
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Crimea and 21 more. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, temperate coniferous forest, boreal forest and 43 more. Common: recorded in 4312 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.
- Temperate Deciduous Forest
- Temperate Mixed Forest
- Temperate Coniferous Forest
- Boreal Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Pine Forest
- Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Steppe
- Meadow
- Alpine Meadow
- Alpine Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Mediterranean Shrubland
- Heathland
- Alpine Shrubland
- Rocky Hillsides
- Rocky Outcrops
Related snakes
- Southern Smooth Snake Coronella girondica
- Indian Smooth Snake Coronella brachyura
- Coronella miocaenica
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
- Tantilla gottei
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.