Virginia striatula

Virginia striatula

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Virginia
Species: Virginia striatula

Name

Virginia striatula (Linnaeus, 1766)

• Holotype: unknwon, collected by A. Garden between 1760–1761.
• Type locality: “Carolina”, restricted to “the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina” by Klauber (1948: 6).

Combinations

• Coluber striatula Linnaeus, 1766: 375 [original combination]
• Natrix striatulus — Merrem, 1820: 118 [subsequent combination]
• Potamophis striatulus — Fitzinger, 1843: 25 [subsequent combination]
• Haldea striatula — Baird & Girard, 1853: 122 [subsequent combination]
• Conocephalus striatulus — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 140 [subsequent combination]
• Virginia striatula — Garman, 1884: 97 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Falconeria bengalensis Theobald, 1868: 44
  • Type material: unknown.
  • Type locality: “Parasnath Hill”, India (in error).

• Virginia inornata Garman, 1884: 97
  • Syntypes (n=4): MCZ R-178775, one adult ♂ and three adult ♀, collected by Mr. Boll, date unknown (received by the Museum in December 1870).
  • Type locality: “Texas”.

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hammerson, G.A. 2016. IUCN: Virginia striatula  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T64002A90070320. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64002A90070320.en. Accessed on 09 October 2022.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Rauhe Erdschlange
• English: Rough Earth Snake

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