19K views · 551 reactions | A Slithering Success in East Devon!We’re so excited to announce that the UK’s rarest reptile, the Smooth Snake, is now thriving on the East Devon heaths where it belongs, after an over 50 year absence. In the Summer of 2009, a partnership project was launched to reintroduce non-venomous Smooth Snakes into parts of the UK where they were missing. And one of the special locations selected was the Pebblebed Heaths in East Devon. Together with Amphibian and Reptile Conser