Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Synonym: Hydrus Schneider 1799
Parent taxon: Colubridae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985, Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1987, Carroll 1988, Cernansky et al. 2015, Szyndlar 1984, Venczel and Stiuca 2008 and Wallach et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Abastor, Aglypha, Alsophis, Apostolepis, Bascanium, Carphophis, Cemophora, Chilomeniscus, Chionactis, Coluber owenii, Colubrinae, Coniophanes, Contia, Cyclophis, Dendrelaphis, Diadophis, Dipsadinae, Dromicus, Dryinoides, Drymarchon, Eutaenia, Farancia, Gyalopion, Haldea, Helicops, Hierophis, Hispanophis, Homalopsinae, Hypsiglena, Leioheterodon, Lodia, Lycodon, Malpolon, Mionatrix, Natricinae, Ophibolus, Opisthoglypha, Osceola, Palaelaphis, Palaeomalpolon, Palaeonatrix, Paleofarancia, Pantherophis, Paraoxybelis, Paraxenophis, Periergophis, Phimothyra, Pollackophis, Proteroglypha, Pseudoboa, Pseudocemophora, Pylmophis, Rhinechis, Rhinocheilus, Sibon, Sonora, Spilotes, Storeria, Tachyophis, Tantilla, Thamnophis, Tretanorhinus, Trimorphodon, Tropidoclonium, Tropidonotus, Xenodontinae, Zamenis
Subtaxa: Coluber podolicus Natrix longivertebrata Natrix maura Natrix merkurensis Natrix mlynarskii Natrix natrix Natrix parva
Type: Natrix natrix
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Croatia (1), France (10), Georgia (3), Germany (15), Greece (7), Italy (9), the Netherlands (1), Poland (12), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (12), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (16), United States (6: Florida, Pennsylvania, Sussex, Texas, Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (1: Idaho)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), Germany (1), Greece (5), Hungary (4), Italy (2), Poland (5), Slovakia (2), Spain (2), Turkey (1)
• MN 13 of Hungary (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (6), Georgia (1), Germany (8), Greece (3), Hungary (11), Italy (1), Moldova (3), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (2), United States (1: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
Total: 168 collections including 208 occurrences
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