Southern Smooth Snake
Coronella girondica
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Coronella
- Continents
- Europe
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Common
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Southern Smooth Snake (Coronella girondica) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in France, Gibraltar, Italy, Portugal, Spain. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, broadleaf forest, pine forest and 27 more. Common: recorded in 1189 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
- Broadleaf Forest
- Pine Forest
- Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Meadow
- Alpine Meadow
- Alpine Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Mediterranean Shrubland
- Heathland
- Alpine Shrubland
- Rocky Hillsides
- Rocky Outcrops
- Cliffs
- Gorges
- Scree Slopes
- Mountain Slopes
- Fallen Logs
Related snakes
- Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca
- 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.