Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758)

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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Reptilia: order
Squamata: family
Natricidae: genus
Natrix: species
Natrix maura

Name

Synonyms: Coluber maurus Linnaeus, 1758; Coluber terstriatus Duméril, 1840; Coluber viperinus Sonnini & Latreille, 1802; Coluber viperinus aurolineatus Grvis, 1836; Coluber viperinus var. auro-lineatus Gervais, 1836; Coluber viperinus var. ichthyocharis Gistel, 1868; Natrix cherseoides Wagler, 1824; Natrix ocellata Wagler, 1824; Natrix viperina Loveridge, 1936; Natrix viperina var. aurolineata Hediger, 1935; Natrix viperina var. bilineata Bonaparte, 1840; Tropidonotus bonellii Fitzinger, 1853; Tropidonotus cherseoides vel Ocellatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854; Tropidonotus chersoides Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854; Tropidonotus viperinus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854; Tropidonotus viperinus var. bilineata Jan, 1863; Tropidonotus viperinus var. incerta Fatio, 1872; Vipera vissena Rafinesque, 1814
Homonyms: Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names: Cobra viperina in Galician; Couleuvre vipérine in French; Culebra viperina in Spanish; Culebra viperina in Spanish; Serp d´aigua in Catalan–Valencian; Suge biperakara in Basque; Viperine Water Snake in English; Viperine Water Snake in English; Viperine snake in English; Vipernatter in German; Vipernatter in German; Vipernnatter in language.; viperine water snake in language.

Bibliographic References

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