grass snake

English

N. natrix

Noun

grass snake (plural grass snakes)

1. A nonvenomous snake of species Natrix natrix, native to Europe, with a yellow collar.
2. A snake of either of the two species of the nonvenomous green snake, Opheodrys, of North America:
   1. A smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis)
   2. A rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus)

Derived terms

• barred grass snake (Natrix helvetica)
• European grass snake (Natrix natrix)
• Swinhoe's grass snake (Rhabdophis swinhonis)
• viperine grass snake (Natrix maura)

Translations

Natrix natrix

• Armenian: լորտու (hy) (lortu)
• Azerbaijani: koramal (az), su ilanı
• Basque: suge gorbatadun
• Belarusian: вуж m (vuž)
• Bulgarian: смок (bg) m (smok)
• Catalan: serp de collaret
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水遊蛇／水游蛇 (shuǐyóushé), 水蛇 (zh) (shuǐshé)

• Czech: užovka (cs) f
• Danish: snog (da) c
• Dutch: ringslang (nl)
• Estonian: nastik (et)
• Finnish: rantakäärme (fi)
• French: couleuvre à collier (fr) f
• German: Ringelnatter (de) f
• Hungarian: vízisikló (hu)
• Icelandic: grassnákur (is) m
• Ingrian: tanvasmato
• Irish: nathair féir f
• Italian: biscia dal collare f, natrice dal collare f
• Japanese: ヤマカガシ (ja) (yamakagashi)
• Komi-Permyak: уж (už)
• Komi-Zyrian: уж (už)
• Korean: 풀뱀 (pulbaem)
• Latgalian: zaļkts
• Latvian: zalktis m
• Lithuanian: žaltys m
• Macedonian: белоушка f (belouška)
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} ardnieu Sostynagh m
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: кумыжвуян (kumyžvujan)

  Western Mari: кымыжвуй (kymyžvuj), кымыж вуян кӹшкӹ (kymyž vujan kÿškÿ)

• Nanai: дябдян (ʒabʒan)
• Norwegian: buorm
• Polish: zaskroniec (pl) m
• Portuguese: cobra-de-água-de-colar f
• Russian: уж (ru) m (už)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: белоушка f

  Roman: belouška (sh) f

• Slovak: užovka f
• Slovene: belouška f
• Spanish: culebra de collar
• Swedish: snok (sv) c
• Tatar: тузбаш (tt) (tuzbaş)
• Turkish: yarı sucul yılan (tr)
• Udi: тошо (tošo)
• Udmurt: вож кый (vož kyj)
• Ukrainian: вуж m (vuž)
• Vietnamese: rắn cỏ
• Welsh: neidr y glaswellt f, neidr fraith f, neidr lwyd f, neidr y gwair f

Opheodrys

Opheodrys aestivus

Opheodrys vernalis

See also

• snake in the grass

References

• grass snake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Natrix natrix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Opheodrys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Natrix natrix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Opheodrys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons