Smooth snake

It reaches sexual maturity at 3.5 years, with reported values from 3.0 to 4.0 years, and has 8.5 young or eggs per litter or clutch. The IUCN Red List assesses the smooth snake globally as Least Concern, which is not a threatened category.

Weight

196 gsrc for Weight

Length

64 cmsrc for Length

Lifespan

1.3 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

6.1 – 9src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2 years – 5 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.4 – 0.415src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Live birthsrc for Reproduction

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The smooth snake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyColubridae
6. genusCoronella
7. SpeciesCoronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768

Synonyms Coluber alpinus, Coluber austricaus, Coluber caucasicus, Coluber caucasius, Coluber coronella, Coluber cupreus, Coluber ferrugineus, Coluber gallicus, Coluber laevis, Coluber laevis, Coluber levis, Coluber nebulosus, Coluber oculus cati, Coluber paedera, Coluber ponticus, Coluber tetragonus, Coluber thuringicus, Coluber versicolor, Coronella austriaca fitzingeri, Coronella austriaca var. concolor, Coronella austriaca var. fasciata, Coronella austriaca var. immaculata, Coronella austriaca var. lateralis, Coronella austriaca var. marginata, Coronella austriaca var. pallida, Coronella austriaca var. quadrilineata, Coronella austriaca var. quadritaeniata, Coronella austriaca var. scalaris, Coronella austriaca var. sparsa, Coronella austriaca var. taeniata, Coronella austriaca var. veithi, Coronella laevis, Coronella laevis var. leopardina, Coronella vernalis, Natrix coronilla, Simotes semicinctus, Tropidonotus austriacus, Tropidonotus thuringiacus, Zacholus austriacus, Zacholus laevis

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@misc{coronella_austriaca_2026,
  title = {Smooth snake (Coronella austriaca)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coronella-austriaca},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}