Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
April 5th, 2026.
 
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Genus
Coronella
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Palearctic Smooth Snakes
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Paläarktische Glattnattern
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Palæarktiske Glatsnoge
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1768 |  |
Coronella Laurenti (type species: Coluber levis Lacepede 1789) |
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1830 | |
Zacholus Wagler (type species: Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768) |
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1838 | |
Zamenis Bonaparte (type species: Coluber riccioli Metaxa 1823) |
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1854 | |
Stremmatognathus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril (type species: Coluber catesbeji Sentzen 1796) |
Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included
Archelaphe bella and
Wallophis brachyurus.
Distribution:
NW. Africa, Europe, N. Middle East, C. Asia.
Reported from:
Albania,
Algeria,
Armenia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
Estonia,
Finland,
France,
Georgia,
Germany,
Gibraltar,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands),
Hungary,
Iran,
Italy
(incl.
Elba,
Sicily),
Kazakhstan,
Latvia,
Liechtenstein,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Moldova,
Montenegro,
Morocco,
Netherlands,
North Macedonia,
Norway,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Russia,
San Marino,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Tunisia,
Turkey
(incl.
European Turkey),
Ukraine
(incl.
Crimea),
United Kingdom
(England,
Isle of Wight).
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Coronella.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Coronella austriaca
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Northern Smooth Snake, Common Smooth Snake
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Nördliche Glattnatter, Gewöhnliche Glattnatter, Schlingnatter, Haselnatter
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Nordlig Glatsnog, Hasselsnog
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1768 | |
Coronella austriaca Laurenti |
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1789 | |
Coluber levis Lacepede [substitute name for Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768] (syn. Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1789 | |
Coluber versicolor Razoumowski (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1790 | |
Coluber coronella Bonnaterre [substitute name for Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768] (syn. Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1795 | |
Coluber ferrugineus Sparmann (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1798 | |
Coluber oculus cati Suckow (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1801 | |
Coluber alpinus Güldenstedt (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1801 | |
Coluber cupreus Güldenstedt (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1801 | |
Coluber ponticus Güldenstedt (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1801 | |
Coluber thuringicus Bechstein (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1802 | |
Coluber tetragonus Sonnini & Latreille (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1804 | |
Coluber gallicus Hermann (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1804 | |
Coluber laevis Hermann [substitute name for Coluber levis Lacepede 1789] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1814 | |
Coluber caucasius Pallas (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1828 | |
Natrix dumfriesiensis Fleming (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1832 | |
Coluber caucasicus Menetries [substitute name for Coluber caucasius Pallas 1814] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1832 | |
Coluber nebulosus Menetries (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1840 | |
Zacholus austriacus fitzingerii Bonaparte |
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Coronella austriaca fitzingeri Boscá 1916 |
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1853 | |
Zacholus meridionalis Fitzinger [not Coluber meridionalis Daudin 1803] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1862 | |
Simotes semicinctus Peters (Tillack, Kucharzewski, Bauer & Wallach 2008) |
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Oligodon semicinctus Wallach & Bauer 1996 |
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1868 | |
Coluber vernalis Gistel [not Coluber vernalis Harlan 1827] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1872 | |
Coronella austriaca marginata Fatio (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1872 | |
Coronella austriaca pallida Fatio (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1875 | |
Coronella austriaca italica Schreiber [substitute name for Zacholus austriacus fitzingeri Bonaparte 1840] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1885 | |
Coronella laevis leopardina Müller (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1897 | |
Coronella austriaca concolor Werner (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1897 | |
Coronella austriaca fasciata Dürigen (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1897 | |
Coronella austriaca immaculata Dürigen [substitute name for Coluber caucasius Pallas 1814] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1897 | |
Coronella austriaca lateralis Werner (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1897 | |
Coronella austriaca quadritaeniata Werner (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1897 | |
Coronella austriaca sparsa Dürigen (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1897 | |
Coronella austriaca taeniata Dürigen (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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Coronella austriaca scalaris Sternfeld (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1912 | |
Coronella austriaca veithi Schreiber (syn. Engelmann 1993) |
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1995 | |
Coronella austriaca acutirostris Malkmus |
Other common names:
fitzingeri: Italian Smooth Snake, South Italian Smooth Snake
Remarks:
Not recorded in Denmark since 1914 (Bringsøe & Graff (eds.) 1995) in spite of targeted searches.
Extinct in:
Denmark.
Distribution:
Albania,
Armenia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
Estonia,
Finland,
France,
Georgia,
Germany,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands),
Hungary,
Iran,
Italy
(incl.
Elba,
Sicily),
Kazakhstan,
Latvia,
Liechtenstein,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Moldova,
Montenegro,
Netherlands,
North Macedonia,
Norway,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Russia,
San Marino,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Turkey
(incl.
European Turkey),
Ukraine
(incl.
Crimea),
United Kingdom
(England,
Isle of Wight).
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Coronella austriaca
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Coronella girondica
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Southern Smooth Snake, Bordeaux Snake, Gironde Smooth Snake, Spanish Smooth Snake
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Girondische Glattnatter
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Sydlig Glatsnog, Girondisk Glatsnog
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1803 | |
Coluber girondicus Daudin |
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Coronella girondica Mertens & Müller 1940 |
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1803 | |
Coluber meridionalis Daudin (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1823 | |
Coluber riccioli Metaxa (syn. Dusej 1993) |
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1826 | |
Coluber strigatus Risso (status uncertain; Dusej 1993) |
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1829 | |
Coluber rubens Gachet (syn. Dusej 1993) |
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1854 | |
Coronella girundica Duméril & Bibron [substitute name for Coluber girondicus Daudin 1803] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1869 | |
Coronella laevis hispanica Boettger (syn. Dusej 1993) |
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1881 | |
Rhinechis amaliae Boettger (syn. Dusej 1993) |
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Coronella amaliae Boulenger 1889 |
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Coronella girondica amaliae Dusej 1993 |
Remarks:
Presence in Sicily is uncertain.
Several authors have not included the island in the range of girondica (e.g., Venchi & Sindaco 2007; Sindaco, Doria, Razzetti & Bernini [eds.] 2006).
Nevertheless, several localities have been mentioned in the literature of which at least one has a voucher with exact locality data (Dusej 1993).
It has been suggested that the species may not be native to Sicily and that existing records thus are based on introductions (Dusej 1993).
Distribution:
Algeria,
France,
Gibraltar,
Italy,
Morocco,
Portugal,
Spain,
Tunisia.
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Coronella girondica
© Rune Midtgaard
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