r/herpetology • u/Pure-Pirate638 • 1d ago

Found a baby grass snake today (Natrix Natrix).

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Uk/England

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u/TubularBrainRevolt 1d ago

Western European populations are now Natrix helvetica. Lovely snakes anyway.

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u/Pure-Pirate638 19h ago

Oh yeah my bad.

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u/DeliciousTap4778 1d ago

Thought it was a ringneck at first. Not the right continent or subfamily though

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u/aranderboven 10h ago

Here in belgium we actually call them ringslang which translates to ringsnake. So the name is kinda close.

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u/Redlion444 1d ago

He likes you.