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Latin name: Natrix natrix
Size: Can grow to 120cm in length, but is usually shorter than 100cm.
Distribution: Found throughout England and Wales. A few sightings in
Scotland, but absent from Northern Ireland.
Months seen: April to October.
Food: Fish, frogs, toads and newts.
Habitat: Usually seen near water, often beside ponds and ditches. During the winter they hibernate under logs or in leaf litter.
Special features: This is the largest of our native snakes. The females
can grow to 1.2m while the males are generally much smaller.
 The grass snake
can be recognised by its distinctive yellow collar and black bars along its flanks.
 The
grass snake is an expert swimmer and a large part of its diet is made up of fish
and amphibians.
Most of the text books tell you these snakes are absent from Scotland, but Hazel Stevenson
wrote to us in 2007 to tell us they've been sighted at Loch Faskally, Pitlochry, Perthshire on several occasions,
and at Ballumbie, a farming area and golf course north-east of Dundee.
UK Safari Reptile Section
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