Name
Natrix maura
viperine water snake
Framing
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Natrix
Species: maura
Habitat
Fresh water of all kinds
Feeding
Predator
Distribution
North Africa and Southwest Europe
Conservation status
Least Concern (LC), with stable population trend
Additional information
With two (sometimes one) preocular and two (sometimes three) postocular scales
Additional information
Bibliography
- Salvador, A., Pleguezuelos, J.M. y Reque, R. (2021). Guía de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España. Edita Sociedad Herpetológica Española