I wonder how it looks like?

Many people experience instinctive dislike, andsometimes even hatred for snakes. They seem cold, slimy, scaly, unpleasant. And for most, so and so - all snakes are by default poisonous, dangerous and harmful creatures. But actually it is not. In the world, of course, there are a huge number of species of snakes - from the smallest, but deadly poisonous coral aspids, to the majestic boa pythons, whose length is tens of meters. But only in our climatic zone they are found except in zoos, and even then not in all.

In Russia, the most common speciesa snake is a strop, and a steppe viper. Only the latter is poisonous. But at the same time harmless hounds often fall under the distribution - they are willingly mistaken for vipers ignorant in biology people and deliberately destroy, thinking that they got rid of a poisonous snake. How does it look like? The description in any biology textbook says that the correct name for this reptile is Natrix natrix. It lives throughout Europe, except for the polar regions. It is also not uncommon in the Far East, in Siberia and in the environs of Lake Baikal.

The first thing that is worth paying attention to,as it looks, it's on the yellow spots near the ear canal on the border of the neck and head of the reptile. For this snake is often called zheltouhimi. Due to the bright spots, it is easy to distinguish from vipers and runners.

The length of the snake can reach 80-90 centimeters.Another distinguishing feature of how it looks, is the pattern on its scales. The whole upper part of the body is covered with an intricate pattern. On the dark olive, black or brown tones of scales, black spots appear, most often located in staggered order. Due to the dark and light edges of the scales, some individuals also have a mesh pattern across the entire surface of the body. But what looks like from the side of the abdomen is quite another matter. There scales are smaller in size, monophonic, painted in white or grayish shade.

Usually, snakes live along the banks of flowing waters.In the mountains they rise to the level of 2500 meters, and very often they choose places for nesting places not far from human habitation. By the way, on the territory of Ukraine and Belarus, there are often cases of domestication of snakes by villagers. These contact snakes are excellent micelles and successfully replace the inhabitants of private houses of cats in the fight against rodents.

So it's very useful - to know what it looks likealready. The photos of these reptiles are usually very graphic, so problems with recognition in the future for those who have at least once been shown yellow-yellow mousetrap, should not arise. And especially the snakes should not be destroyed. They are natural limiters of the population of small field rodents. In addition, they also feed on lizards and frogs. Can attack the chicks of small birds, but this happens very rarely.

Now you know what the ordinary looks like, andnever confuse it with an adder. However, for your own comfort and safety, it's better to avoid all the reptiles you fear, so it will be better for you and for snakes hurrying through their snake affairs.