Coronella austriaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Coronella
Species: Coronella austriaca
Subspecies (3): C. a. acutirostris – C. a. austriaca – C. a. fitzingeri

Name

Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768

Type locality: Vienna, Austria.

Synonymy

Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768: 84
Coluber austriacus (Laurenti) — Gmelin, 1789: 1114
Coluber levis Lacépède, 1789: 98
Coluber versicolor Razoumovsky, 1789: 122
Coluber coronella Bonnaterre, 1790: 31
Coluber ferrugineus Sparrman, 1795: 180
Natrix coronella (Bonnaterre) — Schrank, 1798: 291
Coluber oculus cati Suckow, 1798
Coronella laevis (Lacépède) Boie, 1827
Natrix dumfrisiensis (Sowerby) Fleming, 1828
Zacholus austriacus (Laurenti) Wagler, 1830
Coluber nebulosus Ménétriés, 1832
Coluber caucasicus Ménétriés, 1832
Coluber paedera Dvigubskij, 1832
Zacholus laevis (Lacépède) Eichwald, 1841
Tropidonotus austriacus (Laurenti) Gemmerthal, 1845
Tropidonotus thuringiacus (Bechstein) Merkel, 1845: 117 (lapsus)
Coronella laevis seu Austriaca — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 610
Coronella austriaca — Gray, 1859: 317
Simotes semicinctus Peters, 1862: 637
Coronella vernalis Gistel, 1868
Coronella austriaca — Engelmann et al., 1993
Oligodon semicinctus - Wallach & Bauer, 1997
Oligodon semicinctus — Das & Yaakob, 2007

References

Primary references

Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Wallach V.; Bauer A. M. 1997. On the identity and status of Simotes semicinctus Peters, 1862 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Hamadryad 21 [December 1996]: 13–18.
Das, I. & Yaakob, N. 2007. Status of knowledge of the Malaysian herpetofauna. In Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. in: L. S. L. Chua, L. G. Kirton & L. G. Saw (eds.), Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, pp. 31-81.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Coronella austriaca. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2023.
Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Ajtic, R., Vogrin, M., Corti, C., Pérez Mellado, V., Sá-Sousa, P., Cheylan, M., Pleguezuelos, J., Westerström, A., De Haan, C.C., Tok, V., Borczyk, B., Sterijovski, B., Schmidt, B., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Nuridjanov, D., Munkhbayar, K., Shestopal, A. & Litvinchuk, S. 2017. IUCN: Coronella austriaca (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157284A748852. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157284A748852.en. Accessed on 25 June 2023.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Мядзянка
български: Медянка
català: Colobra llisa
čeština: Užovka hladká
Deutsch: Schlingnatter
English: Smooth Snake
español: Culebra lisa europea
eesti: Silenastik
suomi: Kangaskäärme
français: Coronelle lisse
hrvatski: Obična smukulja
magyar: Rézsikló
հայերեն: Սովորական պղնձօձ
italiano: Colubro liscio
lietuvių: Lygiažvynis žaltys
latviešu: Gludenā čūska
Nederlands: Gladde slang
norsk nynorsk: Slettsnok
norsk: Slettsnok
polski: Gniewosz plamisty
português: Cobra-lisa-austríaca
русский: Обыкновенная медянка
slovenščina: Smokulja
shqip: Gjarpëri me gushë
српски / srpski: Смукуља
svenska: Hasselsnok
українська: Мідянка