Virginia

Virginia valeriae

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Virginia
Species (1): V. valeriae

Name

Virginia Baird & Girard, 1853: 127

• Type species: Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• McVay, J.D. & Carstens, B. 2013. Testing monophyly without well-supported gene trees: Evidence from multi-locus nuclear data conflicts with existing taxonomy in the snake tribe Thamnophiini. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(3): 425–431. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.028 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Virginia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 October 2019.
• Virginia – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
• Virginia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Erdschlangen
English: Earth Snakes

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