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Natrix (water snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Synonyms
  • Coluber podolicus was named by von Meyer (1844) [The full name applied to this taxon in the authority reference is "Coluber (Tropidonotus?) Podolicus". "Tropidonotus" here does not designate a subgenus. Instead it reflects the fact that von Meyer considered that taxon to be closely related to Natrix natrix, at that time referred to as either Coluber natrix or Tropidonotus natrix (see Szyndlar, 1996, 1997)]. Its type specimen is unknown, probably lost, a set of vertebrae (a single vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Holuzubiniec", which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in Ukraine.

    It was considered a nomen dubium by Szyndlar (1997).
  • Hydrus was named by Schneider (1799). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Natrix by Wallach et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1768Natrix Laurenti
1799Hydrus Schneider
1844Coluber podolicus von Meyer p. 565
1930Natrix Hay p. 270
1984Natrix Szyndlar p. 71
1985Natrix Bachmayer and Szyndlar p. 87
1987Natrix Bachmayer and Szyndlar p. 31
1988Natrix Carroll
2008Natrix Venczel and Stiuca p. 759
2015Natrix 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
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
genusNatrixLaurenti 1768

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.

G. Natrix Laurenti 1768 [water snake]
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†Natrix longivertebrata Szyndlar 1984
Natrix maura Linnaeus 1758
†Natrix merkurensis Ivanov 2002
†Natrix mlynarskii Rage 1988
†Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
†Natrix parva Szyndlar 1984
Invalid names: Coluber podolicus von Meyer 1844 [nomen dubium], Hydrus Schneider 1799 [synonym]
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: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 22 to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (168 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Natrix mlynarskii (179194)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Natrix mlynarskii (181092)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Coluber podolicus (136575)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Georgia Natrix indet. (56734)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Natrix sp. (167464)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Moravia) Natrix sp. (200140) Natrix sp. type I, Natrix sp. (190142)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Germany (Hesse) Natrix longivertebrata (228327)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) Natrix sansaniensis, Natrix merkurensis (48173)
Orleanian - Middle Miocene20.0 - 11.608France (Rhône-Alpes) Natrix sansaniensis (26723)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrenees) Natrix sansaniensis, Natrix longivertebrata, Natrix merkurensis (136919)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Natrix sansaniensis (28629)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Natrix sp. (18275)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Natrix sp. (34615 134954)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Natrix sp. 1 (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Natrix sp. (48325)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Natrix sp. (60213)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Natrix sansaniensis, Natrix longivertebrata (32191)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Natrix sansaniensis (167497 167509 167512)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Hungary (Heves) Natrix rudabanyaensis (168164)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1France (Rhône-Alpes) Natrix longivertebrata (79361) Natrix sansaniensis, Natrix sp. 1, Natrix sp. 2, Natrix sp. 3 (79360) Natrix sp. 2, Natrix sp. 1, Natrix longivertebrata (136199)