Coronella austriaca

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Colubridae

The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,641 meters (0 to 5,384 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Coluber alpinus GÜldenstedt 1801 • Coluber austriacus< /i> (Laurenti) - Gmelin 1789: 1114 • Coluber caucasicus MÉnÉtriÉs 1832 • Coluber caucasius Pallas 1814 • Coluber coronella Bonnaterre 1790: 31 • Coluber cupreus GÜldenstedt 1801 • Coluber dumfrisiensis Sowerby 1804 • Coluber ferrugineus Sparrman 1795: 180 • Coluber gallicus Hermann 1804 • Coluber laevis HERMANN 1804: 278< /i> (Non Latreille 1800) • Coluber laevis Latreille 1800 • Coluber levis LacÉpÈde 1789: 98 • Coluber nebulosus MÉnÉtriÉs 1832 • Coluber oculus cati Suckow 1798 • Coluber paedera Dvigubskij 1832 • Coluber ponticus GÜldenstedt 1801 • Coluber tetragonus Latreille 1800 • Coluber thuringicus Bechstein 1801 • Coluber versicolor Razoumovsky 1789: 122 • Coronella austriaca var. concolor Werner 1897 • Coronella austriaca var. fasciata DÜrigen 1897 • Coronella austriaca var. immaculata DÜrigen 1897 • Coronella austriaca var. lateralis Werner 1897 • Coronella austriaca var. marginata Fatio 1872 • Coronella austriaca var. pallida Fatio 1872 • Coronella austriaca var. quadrilineata Schreiber 1912 • Coronella austriaca var. quadritaeniata Werner 1897 • Coronella austriaca var. scalaris Sternfeld 1911 • Coronella austriaca var. sparsa DÜrigen 1897 • Coronella austriaca var. taeniata DÜrigen 1897 • Coronella austriaca var. veithi Schreiber 1912 • Coronella austriaca — Engelmann Et Al 1993 • Coronella austriaca — Gray 1859: 317 • Coronella laevis seu Austriaca - DumÉril Bibron & DumÉril 1854: 610 • Coronella laevis var. leopardina MÜller 1885 • Coronella laevis< /i> (LacÉpÈde) Boie 1827 • Coronella vernalis Gistel 1868 • Natrix coronella< /i> (Bonnaterre) - Schrank 1798: 291 • Natrix dumfrisiensis< /i> (Sowerby) Fleming 1828 • Oligodon semicinctus - Wallach & Bauer 1997 • Oligodon semicinctus — Das & Yaakob 2007 • Simotes semicinctus Peters 1862: 637 • Tropidonotus austriacus< /i> (Laurenti) Gemmerthal 1845 • Tropidonotus thuringiacus< /i> (Bechstein) Merkel 1845: 117 (Lapsus) • Zacholus austriacus< /i> (Laurenti) Wagler 1830 • Zacholus laevis< /i> (LacÉpÈde) Eichwald 1841

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: The validity of Coronella austriaca fitzingeri is questioned by several authors .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Coronella

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. austriaca (Smooth Snake) · C. austriaca austriaca (Smooth Snake) · C. brachyura (Indian Smooth Snake) · C. girondica (Southern Smooth Snake) · C. girondica girondica (Southern Smooth Snake)

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Notes

Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain: BDBCV BioBlitz in Penyagolosa (Castellón, Spain)
• GBIF-Sweden: Herpetology (NRM)
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Poland
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: National System of Proetcted Areas
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Biological Records Centre - Reptiles and Amphibians Dataset
• UK National Biodiversity Network: The Herpetological Conservation Trust - The HCT Rare Species Database
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre - Reptile Records for Wiltshire 1900 - 2003
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology: Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2538148
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-1873
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13549264
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 617257

Footnotes

1. Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
2. Mean = 152.980 meters (501.903 feet), Standard Deviation = 66.700 based on 1,734 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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