Natrix
Natrix is a genus of colubrid snakes. Four species are in the genus. They are collectively called grass snakes and water snakes. However, some other snake species known as "grass snakes" and "water snakes" are not of the genus Natrix.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Natrix natrix
complexNatrix natrix
Tessellated Water Snake
speciesNatrix tessellata
Viperine Snake
speciesNatrix maura
Red-eyed Grass × Viperine Water Snake
hybridNatrix astreptophora × maura
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.312
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.270
Serpentum et Draconum Historiae
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.307
Serpentum et Draconum Historiae
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.308
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... serpentum et draconum historiae libri duo
Ambrosini, Bartolommeo · 1640 · p.301
History of Serpents and Dragons
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.299
History of Serpents and Dragons
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.300
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.109
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 29335.