Subfamily Natricinae Bonaparte 1838 (colubrid snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae

Parent taxon: Colubridae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966

See also Cernansky et al. 2015, Parmley and Holman 1995, Parmley and Hunter 2010, Underwood 1967 and Venczel and Stiuca 2008

Sister taxa: Abastor, Aglypha, Alsophis, Apostolepis, Bascanium, Carphophis, Cemophora, Chilomeniscus, Chionactis, Coluber owenii, Colubrinae, Coniophanes, Contia, Cyclophis, Dendrelaphis, Diadophis, Dipsadinae, Dromicus, Dryinoides, Drymarchon, Eutaenia, Farancia, Gyalopion, Haldea, Helicops, Hierophis, Hispanophis, Homalopsinae, Hypsiglena, Leioheterodon, Lodia, Lycodon, Malpolon, Mionatrix, Natrix, Ophibolus, Opisthoglypha, Osceola, Palaelaphis, Palaeomalpolon, Palaeonatrix, Paleofarancia, Pantherophis, Paraoxybelis, Paraxenophis, Periergophis, Phimothyra, Pollackophis, Proteroglypha, Pseudoboa, Pseudocemophora, Pylmophis, Rhinechis, Rhinocheilus, Sibon, Sonora, Spilotes, Storeria, Tachyophis, Tantilla, Thamnophis, Tretanorhinus, Trimorphodon, Tropidoclonium, Tropidonotus, Xenodontinae, Zamenis

Subtaxa: Clonophis Micronatrix Neonatrix Nerodia Paleonatrix Regina Rhabdophis Seminatrix Tropidoclonion Virginia

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), China (2), Greece (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (44: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)

• Blancan of United States (11: Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska)

• Pliocene of China (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Poland (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (2)

• Hemphillian of United States (5: Florida, Indiana, Nebraska, Tennessee)

• Miocene of Austria (3), the Czech Republic (3), France (5), Germany (10), Greece (5), Italy (2), Mongolia (1), Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), United States (20: Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

• Oligocene of France (1)

Total: 131 collections including 176 occurrences

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