Natricinae

Natricinae
Dice snake, Natrix tessellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder: Lepidosauria
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genera

Many, see text

The Natricinae are a subfamily of the Colubridae family of snakes, which comprises 28 genera. Members include many very common snake species, such as the European grass snakes, and the North American water snakes and garter snakes.

Classification

While often regarded as a subfamily of the Colubridae,[1] in some classifications, they are raised to the family level as Natricidae.[2][3]

They are recognised as a sister group of the Dipsadinae plus the Pseudoxenodontinae.[1]

Genera

  • Adelophis
  • Afronatrix
  • Amphiesma
  • Amphiesmoides
  • Anoplohydrus
  • Aspidura
  • Atretium
  • Balanophis
  • Clonophis
  • Hologerrhum
  • Hydrablabes
  • Hydraethiops
  • Iguanognathus
  • Macropisthodon

In addition, the following genera are often placed here, but may belong elsewhere:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pyron, R. Alexander et al. (2011). "The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58.2: 329–342. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Natricidae". The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg.
  3. ↑ Dowling, Herndon G. and Jenner, Janann V. (1988). Snakes of Burma: Checklist of reported species and bibliography. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service #76. Washington, D.C.: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. OCLC 23345387.