Which classification scheme that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year does the snake appear in?
Chinese zodiac The Chinese zodiac is a classification scheme that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12-year cycle. The 12-year cycle is an approximation to the 11.86-year orbital period of Jupiter, the largest planet of the solar system. It and its variations remain popular in several East Asian countries including China, Korea, Japan, and Mongolia, as well as in other Asian countries like Vietnam, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, along with the Buddhist calendar. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2017 is the year of the Rooster.
Barred grass snake The barred grass snake ("Natrix helvetica") is a non-venomous colubrid snake from Western Europe, living in and close to water. It was included within the grass snake species, "Natrix natrix", until August 2017, when genetic analysis suggested that it was better treated as a separate species. The recently identified species has distinct banding along its flanks for the entire length of its body and it lacks the bright yellow collar of the similar "Natrix natrix". The body colour is grey rather than the olive green of "Natrix natrix". The species is found in Great Britain as far north as southern Scotland, Switzerland, Italy, France and western Germany. The snake, which eats amphibians like newts and frogs, can grow to a length of one metre.