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Female
 The
grass snake grows to a greater size than the adder, sometimes to nearly 6
feet in length. Its colour is a shade of olive brown or grey with short
black markings at the side of the body.
Behind the head is striking pale yellow collar
divided into two patches each backed by a patch of black scales. These
yellow patches are sometimes mistaken for the "V" on the head of an adder,
though they in fact bear little likeness to this marking. The pupils of the
eyes are round in the grass snake.
Male
 Depending
the weather, grass snakes will come out from hibernation between February
and April. If the adults are to mate they will do so within a few weeks of
this first emergence.
The grass snake is a non aggressive animal and
will always try and move away if approached. If trapped it will hiss and may
strike with a closed mouth and if picked up may lash about wildly.
If cornered or handled the grass snake can also
produce a highly pungent oily substance from its vent. As a last resort, if
these tactics fail the snake will writhe onto its back, open its mouth and
play dead. !
Birds
Beasts
Serpents
Pigs
Chickens
Ducks
Cattle
Dogs Smooth Snake
Adder Grass Snake
Sand Lizard Slow Worm
Viviparous Lizard
Newt
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