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193:. Members include many very common snake species, such as the
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205:. Some Old World members of the subfamily are known as
949:
801:Dowling, Herndon G.; Jenner, Janann V. (1988).
288:They are recognised as a sister group of the
209:, because their dorsal scales exhibit strong
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688:Patel, Thackeray, Campbell & Mirza, 2023
898:"Blythia reticulata | The Reptile Database"
937:
923:Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition
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31:
848:Pyron, R. Alexander; et al. (2011).
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1106:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
857:Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
185:, sometimes referred to as a family (
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216:Natricine snakes are found in
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771:Baird & Girard, 1853
708:Baird & Girard, 1853
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612:Baird & Girard, 1853
1055:Paleobiology Database
195:European grass snakes
243:Tropidonophis mairii
240:. A single species,
828:. London: Elsevier.
253:Thamnophis sirtalis
178:are a subfamily of
27:Subfamily of snakes
917:; Goin, Olive B.;
886:on 3 October 2013.
645:Van Denburgh, 1909
294:Pseudoxenodontinae
259:Thamnophis elegans
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1016:iNaturalist
975:Wikispecies
494:Hydrablabes
481:Herpetoreas
271:R. tigrinus
144:Subfamily:
35:Natricinae
1096:Natricinae
1090:Categories
981:Natricinae
951:Natricinae
788:References
748:Cope, 1860
738:Cope, 1895
714:Thamnophis
694:Smithophis
661:Rhabdophis
566:Cope, 1885
415:Cope, 1889
308:Afronatrix
290:Dipsadinae
265:Rhabdophis
246:, reaches
238:Costa Rica
187:Natricidae
176:Natricinae
148:Natricinae
138:Colubridae
124:Suborder:
50:Dice snake
666:Fitzinger
587:Loveridge
552:Limnophis
527:Isanophis
499:Boulenger
411:Clonophis
364:F. Werner
325:Amphiesma
292:plus the
248:Australia
207:keelbacks
180:colubroid
153:Bonaparte
128:Serpentes
84:Kingdom:
78:Eukaryota
18:Natricine
1008:46559524
966:Q1587690
960:Wikidata
921:(1978).
877:21074626
830:364 pp.
811:23345387
767:Virginia
704:Storeria
674:Rhabdops
600:Laurenti
562:Liodytes
544:G. Vogel
469:de Witte
464:Helophis
456:Thompson
426:Theobald
403:Theobald
385:Atretium
372:Aspidura
134:Family:
118:Squamata
108:Reptilia
98:Chordata
94:Phylum:
88:Animalia
74:Domain:
608:Nerodia
536:Pauwels
486:GĂĽnther
473:Laurent
398:Blythia
351:Malnate
313:Rossman
211:keeling
161:Genera
114:Order:
104:Class:
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651:Regina
635:, 1929
602:, 1768
595:Natrix
589:, 1953
546:, 2015
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501:, 1891
488:, 1860
475:, 1942
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451:Hebius
445:, 1853
443:Girard
441:&
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428:, 1868
421:Fowlea
405:, 1868
392:, 1861
379:, 1830
377:Wagler
366:, 1909
353:, 1961
340:, 1854
336:&
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319:, 1977
317:Eberle
315:&
300:Genera
232:, and
226:Europe
218:Africa
191:genera
183:snakes
155:, 1838
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884:(PDF)
853:(PDF)
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532:David
439:Baird
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1029:ITIS
927:ISBN
873:PMID
832:ISBN
807:OCLC
390:Cope
274:and
222:Asia
201:and
174:The
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