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β§ Natrix maura β§
Natrix maura, commonly known as the viperine snake or the viperine water snake, is a semiaquatic natricine snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa, where it inhabits terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including forests, shrublands and inland wetlands. It feeds ...
#colubridae #europe #africa #internationalunionconservationnature #extremadura #wikipedia
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A couple weeks ago I ran into this cute little brownsnake, _Storeria dekayi_, when out spidering!! Less than a foot long and quite slender (the first photo was taken with my lowest-magnification macro lens).
They are not rare, but I virtually never come across snakes in my wanderings and I don't think I've ever seen one of these before. I only even knew they existed because of lurking on /r/whatsthissnake! These small harmless creatures mostly eat slugs and snails.
What a special find. I treasure the encounter. (The snake, on the other hand, was mildly annoyed and moved away.)
#snake #snakes #herping β’ #Squamata #Serpentes #Colubridae
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Red Bamboo Rat Snake (Oreocryptophis porphyraceus coxi), juvenile, family Colubridae, this subspecies is from Thailand
photograph by Β©Russell Dabritz
#Ratsnake #BambooSnake #Colubridae #Oreocryptophis #Snake #Reptile #Herpetologia #Herpetologie #Herpetology #Asia #Animals #Nature
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Garter snake in the garden. It likes to hang out under my yellow squash. #snake #reptile #nature #allotment #GarterSnake #thamnophis #VegetableGarden #gardening #colubridae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT0vgKitA3k