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title: "Serpiente de Dados"
description: "Natrix tessellata — Reptiles. The dice snake (Natrix tessellata) or water snake is a Eurasian nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/tessellated-water-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Serpiente de Dados

> Natrix tessellata — Reptiles. The dice snake (Natrix tessellata) or water snake is a Eurasian nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae.

- Scientific name: *Natrix tessellata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 10872
- Wikidata: [Q750237](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q750237)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64346](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64346)

## Names

- en: Tessellated Water Snake
- de: Würfelnatter
- es: Serpiente de Dados
- fr: Couleuvre tessellée
- nl: Dobbelsteenslang
- pl: Zaskroniec rybołów

## Countries with the most observations

IT (1898), RU (1039), AT (908), HR (636), CZ (622), UA (607), GR (494), HU (486), RO (482), SI (274), TR (273), SK (251)

## Summary

The dice snake (Natrix tessellata) or water snake is a Eurasian nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae. Its average length is 1.0–1.3 m (39–51 in). Body color may vary from greyish green to brownish or almost black, with dark spots on the back. The belly is sometimes vividly coloured in yellow or orange, with black spots, very similar to dice, hence the name.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice_snake

## Photo

![Serpiente de Dados](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tessellated-water-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: KsenoSnake · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/397737198

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tessellated-water-snake?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).