Viperine water snakes (Natrix maura) mating

Puechabon, France. Jun 19, 2015

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Two of them even! Do you have a sixth sense in spotting everything alive? Posted 9 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
  Lion
  
  Haha this was in the pond by my house so they were kind of hard to miss! Posted 9 years ago

Doris Charles

Bullet Ant

Please Is this Viperine water snake venomous Thibaud being or not being not a member of the viper. Posted 9 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
  Lion
  
  No, it's just called that way because it looks like a viper, but it is in fact a Colubrid, completely harmless. I've been catching them since I was 6 years old and not once have I been bitten, they are actually lovely, they coil around your fingers while you're handling them. Posted 9 years ago

The Viperine water snake

"Natrix maura" is a natricine water snake of the genus "Natrix". Its common name is viperine water snake or viperine snake. Despite its common names, it is not a member of the subfamily Viperinae. This nonvenomous, semiaquatic, fish-eating snake was given its common names due to behavioural and aesthetic similarities with sympatric adder species.

Info 5 0

Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded Aug 25, 2016. Captured Jun 19, 2015 15:42 in 5 Rue Neuve, 34150 Puéchabon, France.

Explore France 1,185 762 1

PENTAX K-3
f/8.0
1/200s
ISO1600
300mm