Talk:Barred grass snake

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Poor description
The desciption of this species is borderline rubbish... In the UK, this species is typically olive-green and does have the two yellow neck marks approaching a collar—GRM (talk) 20:28, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes, a bright yellow collar is characteristic in Great Britain.S C Cheese (talk) 22:51, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Distribution
According to the upfront map in the primary reference, this species also occurs in the Netherlands—GRM (talk) 21:04, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Consequences of reclassification
(talk) 23:47, 13 August 2020 (UTC)I've been trying to sort existing paragraphs on N natrix and N helveticaS C Cheese (talk) 23:48, 13 August 2020 (UTC) onto the appropriate page.


 * I did some editing and added the UK references re no cobra-mimicry in Britain
 * Note that the photo is from Czech Republic and shows no bars, so is almost certainly Natrix natrix – let me find one from Britain, France, Germany or Italy to replace it with (I wish I had one myself, but I've never managed to photograph this species) —GRM (talk) 16:16, 8 September 2020 (UTC) — Done—GRM (talk) 13:08, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Which (new) species described the cobra-like behaviour?
It isn't clear from the single report whether the individual was what is now called N natrix or N helvetica.S C Cheese (talk) 22:09, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

N. helvetica sicula
I found this, and thought it might interest editors here. Nick Moyes (talk) 19:21, 6 May 2021 (UTC)