Smooth snake  (Coronella austriaca)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Colubridae
Genus Coronella (1)
Size Length: up to 60 cm (2)
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Status

Listed under Appendix II of the Bern Convention (3), Annex IVa of the EC Habitats Directive, Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (4), and Schedule 2 of the Conservation Regulations 1994 (5).