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    Species Accepted

    Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Viperine Snake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 3 countries or islands

      3 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      30 results
      Adderringslang Dutch
      Cobra viperina Galician
      Cobra-de-água-viperina Portuguese
      Colobra escurçonera Catalan–Valencian
      Couleuvre mauresque French
      Couleuvre vipérine French
      Couleuvre vipérine (La) French
      Culebra Viperina Spanish
      Cullebra d'augua Aragonese
      Hugormesnog Danish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      125 results
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      Schleich, H. H., Kästle, W., & Kabisch, K. (1996). Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 Pp.
      Ayres, & Cesar. (2012). Scavenging in the genus Natrix. Acta Herpetologica 7 (1): 171-174.
      Schöneberg, Y., Winter, S., Arribas, O., Di Nicola, M. R., Master, M., Owens, J. B., Rovatsos M, Wüster W Janke A & Fritz, U. (2023). Genomics reveals broad hybridization in deeply divergent Palearctic grass and water snakes (Natrix spp.). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107787.
      Galán, & Pedro. (2014). Herpetofauna del Parque Natural das Fragas do Eume (A Coruña): distribución, estado de conservación y amenazas. Basic and Applied Herpetology 28: 113-136.
      Bergmans, H. (1976). Die Vipernatter, Natrix maura. Aquarien Terrarien Z. 29,318-320.
      SANTOS, B. S., MARQUES, M. P., & CERÍACO, L. M. (2024). Lack of country-wide systematic herpetology collections in Portugal jeopardizes future research and conservation. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 96, E20230622.
      Speybroeck, J., Beukema, W. & Crochet, P.-A. 2010. A tentative species list of the European herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia) — an update. Zootaxa, 2492: 1-27.
      Hediger, H. (1935). Herpetologische Beobachtungen in Marokko. Verhandlungen Der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 46: 1-49.

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