List of snake species in Germany

In this list all have Germany living species and sub-species of the subordination of the snakes (Serpentes) listed. The basis for the list is Ulrich Gruber's Kosmos nature guide, The Snakes of Europe .

Species of snakes by families

German name	Scientific name	Family , subfamily	Distribution in Germany	length	Toxicity	Subspecies in Germany	image
Smooth snake	Coronella austriaca	Real snakes (Colubridae, Colubrinae)	Open, sunny terrain with lots of hiding spots, all over Germany	50-70 cm	non-toxic and harmless	austriaca
Aesculapian snake	Zamenis longissimus (syn .: Elaphe longissima )		Sunny areas on river banks and alluvial forests with dense bushes near Schlangenbad in the Taunus , in the southern Odenwald , hanging on the Danube near Passau , on the lower Inn and Salzach (residual populations)	140-160 cm	non-toxic and harmless	not differentiated
grass snake	Natrix natrix	Water snakes (Natricinae, Colubridae)	Moist meadows or forests, often near bodies of water, throughout Germany	Males 60-70 cm, females 80-100 cm	non-toxic and harmless	natrix , until 2017 helvetica
Barring snake (since 2017)	Natrix helvetica		especially west of the Rhine	up to 190 cm	non-toxic and harmless	not differentiated	Barring grass snake near Avène (France)
Dice snake	Natrix tessellata		Bank areas of shallow, warm, slowly flowing waters with rich bank vegetation ; in Germany on the Lahn , Moselle and Nahe (residual populations), extinct on the Middle Rhine and Elbe	60-90 cm	non-toxic and harmless	not differentiated
Aspic viper	Vipera aspis	Real vipers (Viperidae, Viperinae)	Dry and sunny slopes with bushes, only a small relic occurrence in the southern Black Forest	60-70 cm	poisonous (tubular poison teeth), antiserum !	aspis
Adder	Vipera berus		Above all moors , swamps , quarries , also mountain meadows in the area of ​​the tree line , all over Germany	60-75 cm	toxic (tubular teeth), cytotoxic effect, very painful bite, antiserum !	berus	male adder in Veluwe (Netherlands)

See also

• List of snake species

literature

• Ulrich Gruber: The snakes of Europe . Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, 2009, ISBN 9783440057537

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Barren grass snake: New snake species registered in Germany . In: The time . August 7, 2017, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed August 11, 2017]).