The smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in northern and central Europe, but also as far east as northern Iran. The Reptile Database recognizes two subspecies as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies described here.<!-- |C. a. fitzingeri
|Bonaparte, 1840
|Southern Italy and Sicily. with two rows of small, rather indistinct dark spots running down the back towards the tail. In some cases, each pair of spots may be united toward the neck area, forming a series of cross-bars over the back. There is also a very indistinct series of dark spots running along each of the flanks. These four series of spots along the body overlay four parallel, rather shadowy stripes that also run down the back and flanks. Smooth snakes are ovoviviparous: the juveniles hatch out of eggs internally and are born live.<!-- |C. a. fitzingeri
|Bonaparte, 1840
|Southern Italy and Sicily.