Natrix helvetica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Natrix
Species: Natrix helvetica
Subspecies (5): N. h. cetti – N. h. corsa – N. h. helvetica – N. h. lanzai – N. h. sicula

Name

Natrix helvetica (Lacépède, 1789) [conserved name ]

Type locality: “Mont-Jorat & de fes environs”.

Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1686 (1992).

Combinations

Coluber helveticus Lacépède, 1789: 100 [original combination]
Natrix natrix helvetica — Mertens, 1934: 15 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Natrix helvetica — Kindler, Chèvre, Ursenbacher, Böhme, Hille, Jablonski, Vamberger & Fritz, 2017: 10 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

Lacepède, B.G.E. 1789. Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et de Serpens. Tome 2. Imprimerie du Roi, Hôtel de Thou: Paris. 671 pp. BHL

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1992. Opinion 1686. Natrix gemonensis Laurenti, 1768 (currently Coluber gemonensis), Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède, 1789 and Coluber helveticus Lacépède, 1789 (currently Natrix natrix helvetica) (Reptilia, Serpentes): specific names conserved . Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49(2): 174–175. BHL Reference page.

Kindler, C., Chèvre, M., Ursenbacher, S., Böhme, W., Hille, A., Jablonski D., Vamberger, M. & Fritz, U. 2017. Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass snakes reveal a new Central European snake species. Scientific Reports 7: 7378. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07847-9 Reference page.

Additional references

Kindler, C. & Fritz, U. 2018. Phylogeography and taxonomy of the barred grass snake (Natrix helvetica), with a discussion of the subspecies category in zoology. Vertebrate Zoology 68(3): 269–281. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Natrix helvetica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Barred Grass Snake

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