Rhabdophis tigrinus

Rhabdophis tigrinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Rhabdophis
Species: Rhabdophis tigrinus
Subspecies (2): R. t. formosanus – R. t. tigrinus

Name

Rhabdophis tigrinus (Boie, 1826)

• Syntypes (7): RMNHa–g, collected by J.C. Blomhoff between 1817–1823.
• Type locality: “Japan”.

Combinations

• Tropidonotus tigrinus Boie, 1826: 205 [original combination]
• Amphiesma tigrinum — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 732 [subsequent combination]
• Natrix tigrina — Stejneger, 1907: 272 [subsequent combination]
• Rhabdophis tigrina — Malnate, 1960: 49 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]

References

Primary references

• Boie, H. 1826. Merkmale einiger japanischen Lurche. Isis von Oken 18(2): 203–216. BHL Reference page. 
• Stejneger, L.H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 58: xx + 1–577, 35 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Rhabdophis tigrinus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 October 2019.
• Borkin, L., Orlov, N.L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Ota, H., Kidera, N., Nguyen, T.Q. & Borzee, A. 2021. IUCN: Rhabdophis tigrinus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T191942A2018809. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T191942A2018809.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Tigernatter, Tiger-Wassernatter
English: Tiger Keelback
日本語: ヤマカガシ
русский: Тигровый уж
中文: 虎斑颈槽蛇

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