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Coronella girondica (Southern Smooth Snake)

Synonyms: Coluber girondicus; Coluber meridionalis; Coluber riccioli; Coluber rubens; Coronella girundica; Coronella laevis hispanica; Coronella meridionalis; Coronella riccioli; Natrix meridionalis; Psammophis girondicus; Zacholus girondicus; Zamenis riccioli

Wikipedia Abstract

Common names: southern smooth snake, Riccioli's snake. Coronella girondica is a harmless colubrid species found in southern Europe and northern Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Coronella girondica

Infraspecies

Coronella girondica amaliae
Coronella girondica girondica

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Alps conifer and mixed forests Italy, France, Switzerland, Slovenia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Appenine deciduous montane forests Italy Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Atlantic mixed forests France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Cantabrian mixed forests Spain, Portugal Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Iberian conifer forests Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests Spain, Portugal Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests Italy, France Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe Morocco Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Mediterranean woodlands and forests Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests France, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Northwest Iberian montane forests Portugal, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Po Basin mixed forests Italy Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests Spain, France, Andorra Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
South Appenine mixed montane forests Italy Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests France, Italy Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub    
Western European broadleaf forests Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Alpi Marittime 83205 Italy  
Boschi del Ticino 50788 Italy  
CABO DE GATA-NIJAR 122347 Spain  
Calamocarro-Benzú 1487 Spain  
Capanne di Marcarolo 23604 Italy  
Comprensorio Tolfetano-Cerite-Manziate 166977 Italy  
Contrafforte Pliocenico 6494 Italy  
CUENCA DE GALLOCANTA 38287 Spain  
DOÑANA 281453 Spain  
Foret Domaniale du Circeo State Nature Reserve IV 4785 Italy  
Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa 10616 Italy  
Illas Cíes 2447 Spain  
Luberon Regional Nature Park V 406572 France  
Monte Argentario, Isolotto di Porto Ercole e Argentarola 14142 Italy  
Monte Gemelli, Monte Guffone 32991 Italy  
MONTES DE ZUERA, CASTEJÓN DE VALDEJASA Y EL CASTELLAR 63037 Spain  
Monti dell'Uccellina 10974 Italy  
Monti Lepini 115954 Italy  
Pineta Granducale dell'Uccellina 1547 Italy  
POSETS - MALADETA 82205 Spain  
RÍO HUERVA Y LAS PLANAS 74804 Spain  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Doñana Biosphere Reserve II 123801 Spain
Reserve Nationale de Camargue Biosphere Reserve 32232 France  
Selva Pisana 23863 Italy  
SIERRA ALHAMILLA 20716 Spain  
SIERRA DE ALCUBIERRE 103846 Spain  
Sierra Espuña 43691 Spain  
SIERRA PELADA Y RIVERA DEL ASERRADOR 30407 Spain  
Val d'Ozola, Monte Cusna 12041 Italy  
VIÑAMALA 62053 Spain  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

Prey / Diet

Anguis fragilis (Slow Worm)[1]
Chalcides bedriagai (Spanish Cylindrical Skink)[1]
Chalcides chalcides (Algerian Cylindrical Skink)[1]
Crocidura russula (white-toothed shrew)[1]
Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean House Gecko)[1]
Podarcis hispanicus (Iberian Wall Lizard)[1]
Podarcis muralis (Common Wall Lizard)[1]
Podarcis siculus (Italian Wall Lizard)[1]
Psammodromus algirus (Algerian Psammodromus)[1]
Psammodromus hispanicus (Spanish Psammodromus)[1]
Tarentola mauritanica (Common Wall Gecko, Moorish Gecko)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Circaetus gallicus (Short-toed Snake Eagle)3
Coronella austriaca (Smooth Snake)1
Elanus caeruleus (Black-winged Kite)1
Elaphe longissima (Aesculapean Snake)1
Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Horseshoe Snake)3
Hierophis viridiflavus (Green Whip Snake, Western Whip Snake, Dark Green Snake)1
Natrix natrix (European Grass Snake)1
Rhinechis scalaris (Ladder Snakes)1
Vipera latastei (Lataste’s Viper)2

Range Map

Link to Map
Spain, Portugal, S France, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Terra typica: Bordeaux, France.;

External References

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Citations

Species recognized by Uetz P., , TIGR Reptile Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Geographic variation in the diet composition of a secretive Mediterranean colubrid snake: Coronella girondica from Spain and Italy, Luca Luiselli, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Massimo Capula, Carmen Villafranca, Ital. J. Zool., 68: 57-60 (2001)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Natura 2000, UK data: © Crown copyright and database right [2010] All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100017955 ♦ Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access