Natrix tessellata

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: Natricinae
Genus: Natrix
Species: Natrix tessellata

Name

Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768)

Holotype: not designated, formerly FAT (Museo Illustrissimi Turriano), location unknown.
Type locality: “Japidia, vulgo Cars” [=Kras Plateau, Slovenia].

Combinations

Coronella tessellata Laurenti, 1768: 87 [original combination]
Coluber tessellatus — Gmelin, 1788: 1114 [subsequent combination]
Natrix tessellatus — Merrem, 1820: 136 [subsequent combination]
Tropidonotus tessellatus — Wagler, 1830: 179 [subsequent combination]
Natrix tessellata — Bonaparte, 1834 [subsequent combination]

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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Natrix tessellata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 January 2019.
Agasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B., Isailovic, J.C., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Ajtic, R., Vogrin M., Corti, C., Mellado, V.P., Sá-Sousa, P., Cheylan, M., Pleguezuelos, J., Baha El Din, S.M., Nettmann, H.K., De Haan, C.C., Sterijovski, B., Schmidt, B. & Meyer, A. 2010. IUCN: Natrix tessellata (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T157256A5062170. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T157256A5062170.en. Accessed on 26 June 2023.

Vernacular names

български: Сива водна змия
čeština: Užovka podplamatá
Deutsch: Würfelnatter
English: Dice snake
français: Couleuvre tessellée
עברית: נחש מים משובץ
magyar: Kockás sikló
македонски: Рибарка
Nederlands: Dobbelsteenslang
polski: Zaskroniec rybołów
русский: Водяной уж
slovenščina: Kobranka
српски / srpski: Речна змија
svenska: Rutsnok
Türkçe: Damalı su yılanı
українська: Водяний вуж
中文: 棋斑水游蛇