CORONELLA AUSTRIACA (smooth snake): PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF AUTUMN COPULATION.

The article features Coronella Austriaca, commonly known as smooth snake, one of three species of snake native to the Great Britain. Topics discussed include its secrecy and rarity attributes, its mating, copulation and parturition behaviour, and the copulation between two adult smooth snakes that was seen and photographed on September 27, 2013 during fieldwork trialling a new proposed "Standardised Repite Survey Methodology." A list of reference materials related to the topic is also offered.