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A snake crosses the Alps: The Italian barred grass snake spreads to Bavaria

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-04-21

A research team from the Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden and the Zoological State Collection in Munich has studied the occurrence of the Italian barred grass snake in Bavaria. Based on over 1000 samples, they show that the snake, which was only recently discovered in Germany, spread northward after the Ice Age.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-04-snake-alps-italian-barred-grass.html