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Natricinae

Reptilia - Colubridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Natricinae Bonaparte
1966Natricinae Kuhn p. 66
1967Natricinae Underwood
1995Natricinae Parmley and Holman p. 84
2008Natricinae Venczel and Stiuca p. 759
2010Natricinae Parmley and Hunter p. 533
2015Natricinae Cernansky et al. p. 115

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyNatricinaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyNatricinaeBonaparte 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Natricinae Bonaparte 1838
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G. Clonophis Cope 1889
G. †Micronatrix Parmley and Hunter 2010
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†Micronatrix juliescottae Parmley and Hunter 2010
G. †Neonatrix Holman 1973
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†Neonatrix crassa Rage and Holman 1984
†Neonatrix elongata Holman 1973
†Neonatrix europaea Rage and Holman 1984
†Neonatrix infera Holman 1996
†Neonatrix magna Holman 1982
†Neonatrix nova Szyndlar 1987
G. Nerodia Baird and Girard 1853 [water snake]
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Nerodia erythrogaster Clark 1903 [plain-bellied water snake]
Nerodia fasciata Linnaeus 1766 [banded water snake]
Nerodia floridana Goff 1936 [Florida green watersnake]
†Nerodia hibbardi Holman 1962
†Nerodia hillmani Wilson 1968
Nerodia rhombifer Hallowell 1852 [diamondback water snake]
Nerodia sipedon Linnaeus 1758 [northern water snake]
Nerodia taxispilota Holbrook 1842 [brown water snake]
G. †Paleonatrix Szyndlar 1982
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†Paleonatrix silesiaca Szyndlar 1982
G. Regina Baird and Girard 1853 [crayfish snake]
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Regina alleni Garman 1874 [striped crayfish snake]
Regina grahamii Baird and Girard 1853 [Graham's crayfish snake]
†Regina intermedia Meylan 1982
Regina rigida Say 1825 [glossy crayfish snake]
Regina septemvittata Say 1825 [queen snake]
Invalid names: Liodytes Cope 1885 [synonym]
G. Rhabdophis Fitzinger 1843
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G. Seminatrix Cope 1895
G. Tropidoclonion Cope 1860
G. Virginia Baird and Girard 1853
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:47:49
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:47:49
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (130 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Natricinae indet. (60281)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (Lesvos) Natricinae indet. (186558)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Namibia (Karas) Natricinae indet. (168036)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Neonatrix sp. (167464)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) Natricinae indet. (138825)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Natricinae indet. (48126)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Neonatrix elongata (17878)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Natricinae indet. (19074 19075)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Natricinae indet. (69179)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Moravia) Neonatrix sp. (200140)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) Natricinae indet. (48173)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Natricinae indet. (60283)
Orleanian - Middle Miocene20.0 - 11.608France (Rhône-Alpes) N. A, N. B, N. C, N. D, Neonatrix europaea (26723)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Neonatrix sp., Natricinae indet. (28629)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrenees) Neonatrix natricoides, Natricinae indet., Neonatrix europaea (136919)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) Neonatrix sp. (74539)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) Neonatrix nova (138666)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Neonatrix elongata (18646 18664)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Neonatrix elongata (18397)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Natricinae indet. (27507) Neonatrix elongata (18275 18442) Neonatrix elongata, Neonatrix magna (18284) Nerodia indet. (18208) Nerodia sp. (27481) Nerodia sp., Neonatrix elongata, Neonatrix magna (18141)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Florida) Natricinae indet. (18538)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Neonatrix elongata, Neonatrix infera (18665)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Natricinae indet. (134954) Neonatrix sp., Natricinae indet. (34615)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria (Lower Austria) Natricinae indet. (205096)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Natricinae indet. (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Natricinae indet. (205187) Neonatrix sp. (60213)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Neonatrix natricoides, Natricinae indet., Neonatrix europaea (32191)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Wyoming) Natricinae indet. (26758)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Neonatrix sp. (58983)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) Natricinae indet. (56738)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1France (Rhône-Alpes) Neonatrix sp., Natricinae indet., Neonatrix europaea, Neonatrix crassa (79360)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Coluber steinheimensis (49520)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria N. sp. (175587)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Nerodia sp. (188779)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Natrix hillmani (18450)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Nerodia sp., Tropidoclonion sp., Micronatrix juliescottae, Nerodia hillmani, Neonatrix infera (18327)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Natrix sp. (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) N. sp. (206345)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Natricinae indet. (48446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Natricinae indet. (75600)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Natricinae indet. (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Natricinae indet. (183151)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Slovakia (Trnava) Natricinae indet. (69719)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Natricinae indet. (18601)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Nerodia sp., Neonatrix elongata (18225)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Nerodia sp. (18247)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Nerodia sp., Nerodia erythrogaster (18320)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Neonatrix sp., Nerodia sp., Regina sp. (26574)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Natricinae indet. (205089 205090)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Natricinae indet. (202035)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Natricinae indet. (32189)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Henan) Rhabdophis helleri, Rhabdophis sp., Rhabdophis tigrinus (230663)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Neonatrix sp. (136068)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Kozani) Natricinae indet. (205081)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine (Odessa) Natricinae indet. (168005)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Turkey (Eskişehir) Natricinae indet. (230651)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Natrix sp. (19922 19931 19936 19940)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Nerodia sp. (19753) Nerodia taxispilota (19764)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Natrix sp. (19661)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Natrix sp. (19963) Nerodia rhombifera, Nerodia sp., Regina grahami, Nerodia rhombifer (27572) Nerodia sipedon (19960) Nerodia sp., Regina grahami (19954)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Natricinae indet. (33396)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland Natricinae indet. (33473)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Ukraine (Odessa) Natricinae indet. (168020)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Regina intermedia, Nerodia erythrogaster, Nerodia floridana (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands (Limburg) Natricinae indet. (192405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Nerodia sipedon (123875 124319 125951)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Hebei) Rhabdophis tigrinus (206107 206121)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nerodia sp. (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Natrix sipedon, Natrix sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Natrix sipedon (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Natricinae indet. (20177)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Nerodia erythrogaster (20530) Tropidoclonion lineatum, Nerodia fasciata (20337)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Nerodia sipedon (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Natricinae indet., Regina grahami, Natrix sipedon (20390) Natricinae indet., Tropidoclonion lineatum, Natrix sipedon (20332 20516) Natrix sp. (20165 20295 20301 20391) Nerodia sipedon (20293 20422) Regina grahami, Nerodia sipedon (20423)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Natrix sp. (20151 20309) Nerodia sp. (20157)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Nerodia sp., Regina sp., Regina alleni, Nerodia fasciata (20402)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Natricinae indet. (20446 20447)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Kansas) Natrix sipedon (20492)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Chios) Natricinae indet. (204077)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Natricinae indet. (75974)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Nerodia sp. (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Natrix sipedon (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Natrix sipedon (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Natricinae indet. (93143)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nerodia floridana (20629)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Natrix sp. (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Regina sp., Nerodia fasciata (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Nerodia sp. (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Nerodia sipeodon (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Natrix sipedon (20638 154922) Nerodia taxispilota (154910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Natrix sipedon (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Nerodia sipedon (103358)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Nerodia sp. (227371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Natricinae indet. (63428)