Natrix maura
System : Freshwater_terrestrial
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Common name
viperine snake (English), Culebra viperina (Spanish), Couleuvre vipérine (French)
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Summary

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Compiler: IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group

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Publication date: 2012-01-22

Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2025) Species profile: Natrix maura. Downloaded from http://iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=1857 on 29-03-2025.

Countries (or multi-country features) with distribution records for Natrix maura
ALIEN RANGE
NATIVE RANGE
  • algeria
  • france
  • italy
  • morocco
  • portugal
  • spain
  • switzerland
  • tunisia
Informations on Natrix maura has been recorded for the following locations. Click on the name for additional informations.
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Red List assessed species 1: VU = 1;
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[1] Predation
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[1] Environmental Species - Population
  • [1] Population size decline
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Bibliography
4 references found for Natrix maura

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General information
Guicking, Daniela; Griffiths, Richard A.; Moore, Robin D.; Joger, Ulrich; Wink, Michael, 2006. Introduced alien or persecuted native? Resolving the origin of the viperine snake (Natrix maura) on Mallorca. Biodiversity & Conservation. 15(9). AUG 2006. 3045-3054.
Integrated Taxonomic Information Facility (ITIS), 2012. Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Summary: Available from: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700797 [Accessed 27 March 2012]
Joan Mayol Serra, Richard Griffiths, Jaime Bosch, Trevor Beebee, Benedikt Schmidt, Miguel Tejedo, Miguel Lizana, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Alfredo Salvador, Mario García-París, Ernesto Recuero Gil, Jan Willem Arntzen 2009. Alytes muletensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/977/0 [Accessed 15 Januray 2012)
Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Marc Cheylan, M. Sa�d Nouira, Ulrich Joger, Paulo S�-Sousa, Valentin P�rez-Mellado, Benedikt Schmidt, Andreas Meyer, Roberto Sindaco, Antonio Romano, I�igo Mart�nez-Solano 2009. Natrix maura. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List o
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/61538/0 [Accessed 27 March 2012]
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Natrix maura
viperine snake , Culebra viperina, Couleuvre vipérine
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Recommended citation
(2025). Natrix maura. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).