Iberian Grass Snake
Natrix astreptophora
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,409
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Natrix astreptophora, the red-eyed grass snake or the Iberian grass snake, is a species of natricine snake found in the Iberian Peninsula, south of France, and some coastal areas in the Maghreb, from Tangier to Tunisia. Long considered a subspecies of the European grass snake, Natrix natrix, the subspecies was split off from that taxon in 2016.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Natrix astreptophora”.