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    Species Accepted

    Hierophis viridiflavus (Lacépède, 1789)

    Dark Green Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Hierophis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 3 countries or islands

      3 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      29 results
      Cobra-chicote-do-oeste Portuguese
      Colubro verde e giallo Italian
      Couleuvre verte et jaune French
      Couleuvre verte et jaune (La) French
      Crna poljarica Croatian
      Crni gad Croatian
      Culebra Verdiamarilla Spanish
      Cullebra amariella Aragonese
      Dark Green Snake English
      Geelgroene Toornslang Dutch

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      129 results
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      Kahl B, Gaupp P, & Schmidt G. (1980). Das Terrarium. Falken Verlag, Niederhausen (Germany), 336 Pp.
      Heimes, P. (1993). Coluber viridiflavus - Gelbgrüne Zornnatter. In: Böhme,W. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 3/I., Schlangen (Serpentes) I. Aula-Verlag Wiesbaden, Pp. 177-198.
      Schatti, B., Stimson, A. F., & Henle, K. (1991). Natrix gemonensis Laurenti, 1768 (currently Coluber gemonesis), Coluber viridiflavus Lacepede, 1789 and Coluber helveticus Lacepede, 1789 (currently Natrix natrix helvetica). Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 48 (1): 50.
      Mezzasalma, Marcello; Andrea Dall’Asta, Anna Loy, Marc Cheylan, Petros Lymberakis, Marco A. L. Zuffi, Ljiljana Tomović, Gaetano Odierna and Fabio M. Guarino. (2015). A sisters’ story: comparative phylogeography and taxonomy of Hierophis viridiflavus and H. gemonensis (Serpentes, Colubridae). Zoologica Scripta 44: 495–508; DOI: 10.1111/Zsc.12115.
      Kramer, E. (1971). Revalidierte und neue Rassen der europäischen Schlangenfauna. Lav.Soc. Ital. Biogeogr., ForlÏ, N.S. 1: 667-678.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1888). Second list of reptiles and batrachians from Cyprus. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 2: 505-506.
      Paterna, A. (2024). Analyzing and comparing the buccal anatomy of European colubroid snakes: A reassessment of dentition models. Phyllomedusa 23(2), 111-124.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1887). List of reptiles and batrachians from Cyprus. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 344-345.
      Delaugerre, M., & Cheylan, M. (1992). Atlas de répartition des batraciens et reptiles de Corse. Ajaccio Parc Naturel Régional de Corse: Ecole Pratique Des Hautes Études, 128 Pp.

      Citation

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