Natricinae
| Natricinae | |
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| Dice snake, Natrix tessellata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae Bonaparte, 1838 |
| Genera | |
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The Natricinae are a subfamily of
European grass snakes, and the North American water snakes and garter snakes. Some Old World members of the subfamily are known as keelbacks, because their dorsal scales exhibit strong keeling
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Natricine snakes are found in
Thamnophis elegans) are capable of inflicting bites that can result in local, non-life-threatening symptoms, and at least two members of the genus Rhabdophis (R. tigrinus and R. subminiatus) are capable of inflicting life-threatening bites to humans, though they have only enlarged, ungrooved fangs in the back of the mouth.[2]
Classification
They are recognised as a sister group of the Dipsadinae plus the Pseudoxenodontinae.[3]
Genera
- , 1977
- Amphiesma A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Amphiesmoides Malnate, 1961
- Anoplohydrus F. Werner, 1909
- Aspidura Wagler, 1830
- Atretium Cope, 1861
- Blythia Theobald, 1868 [4]
- ClonophisCope, 1889
- Fowlea Theobald, 1868
- , 1853
- Hebius Thompson, 1913
- Laurent, 1942
- Herpetoreas Günther, 1860
- Hydrablabes Boulenger, 1891
- Hydraethiops Günther, 1872
- IguanognathusBoulenger, 1898
- , 2015
- Limnophis Günther, 1865
- Liodytes Cope, 1885
- LycognathophisBoulenger, 1893
- Natriciteres Loveridge, 1953
- Natrix Laurenti, 1768
- Nerodia Baird & Girard, 1853
- Opisthotropis Günther, 1872
- Paratapinophis Angel, 1929
- Pseudagkistrodon Van Denburgh, 1909
- Regina Baird & Girard, 1853
- Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843
- Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893
- Sahyadriophis Patel, Thackeray, Campbell & Mirza, 2023
- Smithophis Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain & Deepak, 2019
- Storeria Baird & Girard, 1853
- ThamnophisFitzinger, 1843
- Trachischium Günther, 1858
- Trimerodytes Cope, 1895
- Tropidoclonion Cope, 1860
- Tropidonophis Jan, 1863
- VirginiaBaird & Girard, 1853
- Xenochrophis Günther, 1864
References
- OCLC 23345387.
- ISBN 978-0123877321.
- PMID 21074626. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 October 2013.
- ^ "Blythia reticulata | The Reptile Database".
Further reading
- ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Natricinae, p. 326).
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