Natrix natrix

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Bibron & DumÉril 1854: 555 • Coluber natrix • Coluber natrix Linnaeus 1758: 220 • Coluber Natrix — Gray 1852: 509 • Coluber persa • Coluber persa Pallas 1814 • Coluber scutatus • Coluber scutatus Pallas 1771 • Coluber torquatus • Coluber torquatus LacÉpÈde 1789 • KÄstle & Kabisch 1996: 510 • Natrix natrix — Engelmann Et Al 1993 • Natrix natrix — Schleich • Natrix natrix — Stejneger 1907 • Natrix vulgaris • Natrix vulgaris Laurenti 1768 • Tropidonotus ater • Tropidonotus ater Eichwald 1831 • Tropidonotus natrix • Tropidonotus natrix Boie 1826 • Tropidonotus natrix var. bilineata — Peracca 1890 • Tropidonotus natrix — Boulenger 1893: 219 • Tropidonotus natrix — Boulenger 1913 • Tropidonotus natrix — DumÉril • Tropidonotus natrix — Eichwald 1831

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Natrix

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. maura (Viperine Water Snake) · N. megalocephala (Bighead-European Grass Snake) · N. natrix (European Grass Snake) · N. natrix cetti (Sardinian Grass Snake) · N. tessellata (Dice Snake) · N. tessellata tessellata (Checkered Water Snake)

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Further Reading

• Abstract of proceedings of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London [Eng.]: South London Entomological and Natural History Society, [1885-1896] url p. 79.
• Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams / Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1983. url p. 304, p. 723.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 110.
• Asiatic herpetological research. 3 1990 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url p. 12, p. 13, p. 133, p. 161, orlov & tuniyev, page 42, p. 44, figs. 5-6, page 46, fig. 7, page 47, fig. 8, page 48, p. 49, p. 50, figs. 9-10, page 51, p. 54, p. 68, fig. 1, page 70.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 5, October 1990: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN url p. 87.
• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url p. 184, p. 74.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 445.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 191, p. 248.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 120 1959 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 166.
• Ciba Foundation colloquia on ageing. Editors for the Ciba Foundation: G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron, assisted by Joan Etherington. Boston, Little, Brown, 1955-[1959] url p. 201, p. 22.
• Copulatory adjustment in snakes, by Clifford H. Pope. 22 1941 Chicago, 1941. url p. 249, p. 252.
• Courtship and mating behavior in snakes, by D. Dwight Davis. 20 1936 url p. 271.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 59.
• Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage / by Richard Hesse. .. prepared by W. C. Allee. .. and Karl P. Schmidt. .. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1937. url p. 501, p. 64.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 297, p. 420.
• General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 25.
• Herpetology of Missouri. St. Louis, 1911. url p. 273.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 12-13 1992-1993 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 236.
• Joy of nature: how to observe and appreciate the great outdoors / [editor, Alma E. Guinness]. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association, c1977. url p. 342.
• MAB Biosphere Reserves: Site Descriptions, post compilation 5 (October 1990) UNESCO MAB Programme url .
• MAB Information System: Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: Supplement September 1989 UNESCO url .
• Maintenance of rattlesnakes in captivity / by James B. Murphy and Barry L. Armstrong. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1978. url p. 17, p. 38.
• Manual of elementary zoology. London, Oxford University Press, 1958. url p. 550, p. 580.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1970 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 161.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url , p. 7.
• Proceedings and transactions of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London: The Society. url p. 12, p. 40.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 312, p. 336, p. 429, p. 608, p. 613, p. 719.
• Proceedings of the New England Zoo?logical Club. [Cambridge, Mass.]: The Club, 1899- url p. 9, p. 9.
• Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 57.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 156, p. 160.
• Sex and internal secretions. Contributors: A. Albert [and others] Foreword by George W. Corner. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1961. url p. 1568.
• Sexual size differences in reptiles / by Henry S. Fitch. 1981 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1981. url p. 26, p. 60.
• Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 59, p. 658, p. 665, p. 687.
• Spixiana. 7 1984 München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url p. 157, p. 160, p. 201, p. 249, p. 292, p. 328.
• Survey on neurobiology. Bibliography of genetic neurology, compiled and annotated by Agnes S. Burt. Washington, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1952. url p. 63.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 453.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 249.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 89.
• The intramandibular joint in squamates, and the phylogenetic relationships of the fossil snake Pachyrhachis problematicus Haas / Olivier Rieppel --, Hussam Zaher --. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2000. url p. 9.
• The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement / D. Luke Mahler, Maureen Kearney. 108 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c2006. url p. 33.
• The vertebrate eye and its adaptive radiation [by] Gordon Lynn Walls. Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1942 url p. 294, p. 456, p. 628, p. 637.
• Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. [St. Louis: Academy of Science of St. Louis], 1860-1958. url p. 273, p. 273, p. 273.
• Tulane studies in zoology and botany. 23 1982 New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- url p. 163.
• Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. München: Die Staatssammlung, url p. 272, p. 58.
• World Checklist of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 60.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 22, 2012.
• European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Natrix natrix. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• European Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Natrix natrix. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
• GBIF-Spain: Museu de Ciències Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord
• GBIF-Sweden: Herpetology (NRM)
• GBIF-Sweden: Reptiles and Amphibians of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum
• Haus der Natur Salzburg
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn
• 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: 2542714
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-11505
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1576254
• IUCN ID: 225850
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8022

Footnotes

1. Mean = 114.030 meters (374.114 feet), Standard Deviation = 161.550 based on 5,135 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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