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Regina (crayfish snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Regina was named by Baird and Girard (1853). It is extant. Its type is Coluber septemvittatus.

It was assigned to Colubridae by Behler and King (1979) and Carroll (1988); and to Natricinae by Uetz (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Regina Baird and Girard p. 45
1885Liodytes Cope p. 194
1979Regina Behler and King
1988Regina Carroll
2005Regina Uetz

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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
genusReginaBaird and Girard 1853

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. 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 16:01:54
Modified: 2005-09-06 18:01:54
Source: g = genus, 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 Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Regina sp. (26574)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Regina grahami (19954 27572)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Regina intermedia (20384)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Regina grahami (20390 20423)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Regina sp., Regina alleni (20402)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Regina sp. (20604)