Grass Snake (natrix natrix)

[guidofatherof5]

If your mosquitofish is Gambusia I have heard they breed better then guppies.

I was going to breed guppys but now you have said that I will look into those. Thanks for the tip

Guppies are still very easy to raise. Both are a good call.

[PINJOHN]

your mention of mosquito fish reminds me of holidays past, while the kids were growing up we used to take our vacations in the same place in Spain each year, Estartit, this place had a large marsh into which i would disappear for hours at a time the place teemed with these fish and i would sit quietly watching the young viperine snakes [natrix maura] hunting them i even brought some home and kept them for a number of years before stopping them breeding and letting them die out.
it never occurred to me that i might be breaking any laws [not sure that i did even now] we used to travel overland [not fly] so transport wasn't a problem and i never hid them at the custom point, one thing that puzzles me is that i was told back then that these fish were spread around the then known world by the ancient Romans to combat mosquito's but if they are a new world fish then this can not be true any ideas?

[guidofatherof5]

Gumbusia are a real problem in many places. They were initially stocked in lakes to combat mosquotes.
It was originally thought they would die out due to colder weather but the fish were much hardy/adaptive then they though.
Now they are killing out native species of fish(the fry) and are considered very invasive.

[Sergey]

I keep and breed Natrix natrix. I love the Grass snakes

[Char361979]

Natrix are great snakes. I think if we ever achieve Chris' dream of a snake room, there may be a corner reserved for some of those little guys.