Dice snake
Natrix tessellata
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Reptilecarnivore
The dice snake is a nonvenomous reptile found across Eurasia, often near water. Its skin ranges from greyish green to brown, with dark spots that give it a distinctive dice-like pattern. The belly can be bright yellow or orange with black spots.
- It grows to an average length of 1.0–1.3 meters.
- Its belly is vividly colored, resembling dice.
- It is a nonvenomous snake in the Colubridae family.
FreshwaterWetlandEuropeAsia
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- Classification
- Reptile
- Scientific name
- Natrix tessellata
- Habitat
- Freshwater, Wetland
- Regions in this directory
- Europe, Asia
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- medium
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)