they say there ain't a one in ireland. st. patrick got rid of them now, did you do that in england, too?
2007-09-15 17:35:29 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
We have snakes, but not deadly ones.
2007-09-15 17:41:05 · answer #1 · answered by Vivi 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There are three species of snake in England = the adder, the grass snake and the smooth snake.
Only the adder is poisonous but its venom is not very strong and fatalities are very rare though it is capable of killing a dog.
The story about St Patrick is,of course, a myth. The reason for no snakes in Ireland is that during the last Ice Age Ireland was separated from Great Britain before the ice retreated and snakes cannot live in Arctic conditions.
Great Britain was still joined to continental Europe and snakes were able to come in from there.
2007-09-16 01:41:28 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are snakes in England. Unfortunately, although Saint Patrick was born in what is now called Wales, he was ultimately sent by the Pope as a Bishop to Eire and it is there where he performed his miracle of eradicating the snake population and not here in England.
Native wild snakes in England are protected by law.
What snakes do we have then in England?
This site has the information you seek : -
British Reptiles
... native to the UK: adders (also known as vipers), grass snakes, smooth snakes, ... kill, injure, sell or advertise to sell any of the six native species. ...
http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/facts/reptile.htm
2007-09-16 02:38:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have 4 native reptiles in the UK witch are
Grass Snake
Common Adder
Slow worm (lizard with no legs)
Sand lizard
There is a colony of none native Everglades Rat snake surviving well and breeding in the northern part of Wales. I first eared of this in 1997 but I’ve found A bit of a follow up to this on this link.
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_objectid=17273922&method=full&siteid=50142&headline=hunting-for-snake-invaders-name_page.html
2007-09-16 12:30:02 · answer #4 · answered by Chrisssss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean in the wild ? yes we have adders, although i've never seen on and Grass snakes or is that the same as an adder, if not i've never seen one of them either.
I used to have a royal python, 2 boa constrictors, a yellow rat snake they were very nice snakes, but got quite big and we moved house, there was no room for their homes so we had to donate them to southport zoo.
2007-09-16 10:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by Jovi Freak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three snakes. The adder - poisonous but rarely fatal. The grass snake and smooth snake.
2007-09-16 00:58:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are quite a few snakes in England. I belong to a snake forum there. They have corns, kings, Boas, Pythons, Carpet Pythons, etc.
2007-09-16 04:49:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are snakes in England. Their only poisonous one (that I know of), is the Adder, and it's rare & protected.
2007-09-16 00:41:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
We have snakes but we have only one that is poison and that is the adder, you will only find then in moorland areas within the UK
2007-09-16 04:44:22 · answer #9 · answered by MARTIN S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there are but no deadly ones. The only one that bites is the Adder which is rare.
2007-09-16 10:29:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of different types of snakes, mostly non poisonous.
2007-09-16 02:54:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋