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{{Speciesbox
| name = Grass snake
| image = 2017.07.17.-17-Tiefer See oder Grubensee-Storkow (Mark)--Ringelnatter.jpg
| status = LR/lc
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn| url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14368/0| title = ''Natrix natrix''| author = European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group| year = 1996| accessdate = 16 August 2012}}</ref>
| genus = Natrix
| species = natrix
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms = * ''Coluber natrix'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Natrix vulgaris'' <small>[[Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768</small>
* ''Tropidonotus natrix'' - <small>[[Friedrich Boie|F. Boie]], 1827</small>
* ''Natrix natrix'' - <small>[[Leonhard Hess Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1907</small>
| range_map = Natrix natrix distribution updated (cropped).png
| range_map_caption = Natrix natrix range map
}}
[[File:BatrixNatrixBellyPattern.JPG|thumb|A grass snake upsidedown, [[thanatosis|playing dead]]]]

The '''grass snake''' (''Natrix'') is a non-[[venom|venomous]] [[snake]]. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on [[amphibia]] and [[lizards]].

The grass snake is widely distributed in mainland [[Europe]], from mid [[Scandinavia]] to southern [[Italy]]. It is also found in [[Middle East]] and northwestern [[Africa]]. 

There is a native species in [[Great Britain]] but it is  not ''Natrix natrix''. It is ''Natrix helvetica'' the barred grass snake. The two subspecies were both called ''Natrix natrix'' until recently (2017).

Work by the [[Senckenberg Research Institute]] in Germany lead a study into the [[genetics]] of over 1,600 grass snakes.

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[[File:Užovka obojková s úlovkem (04) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Eating ''[[Bufo]] bufo'' ([[Czech Republic]]) ]]


[[Category:Colubrids]]