Natrix astreptophora soumiafahdae, Mármol & Geniez & Neumann & Glaw & Fritz, 2025

Mármol, Gabriel Martínez Del, Geniez, Philippe, Neumann, Adrian, Glaw, Frank & Fritz, Uwe, 2025, Phenotypic variability in the western grass snake Natrix astreptophora, with description of a new subspecies from Morocco, Zootaxa 5693 (1), pp. 41-65 : 61-62

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.1.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:641FE063-16F3-4EC3-80B5-8FE370A2EF2D
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E587C7-FF8A-CD1C-FF73-FB58FD34FE00
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Natrix astreptophora soumiafahdae
status	subsp. nov.

Treatment

Natrix astreptophora soumiafahdae subsp. nov. (n=16)

MOROCCO (n=16):

Rif Mountains (n=12):

(1) Adult eating a Sclerophrys mauritanica , photographic record without exact locality, head of the snake not visible, Ahmed Idrissi (Martínez del Mármol et al. 2019: fig. 714; http://www.moroccoherps.com/ficha/natrix _ astreptophora /);

(2) adult, photographic record, Akchour [ 35.2200, -5.1900], “Khalid Chino” (photo received from Abdellah Bouazza);

(3) young adult, photographic record ( Fig. 10A View FIGURE 10 ), Chefchaouen ( 35.1441, -5.2627), Gabriel Martínez del Mármol ( Martínez del Mármol et al. 2019: fig. 715) GoogleMaps ;

(4) young adult, photographic record, Chefchaouen [ 35.1600, -5.2600], Daniel Escoriza ( Martínez del Mármol et al. 2019: fig. 709) GoogleMaps ;

(5, 6) hatchling and adult, photographic records, “Jebala” or “Djebala”, Daniel Escoriza (Martínez del Mármol et al. 2019: fig. 712; http://www.moroccoherps.com/ficha/natrix _astreptophora /);

(7) collection Salvador Carranza, juvenile female, physical voucher specimen, Moulay Abdeslam ( 35.2701, - 5.4881), Salvador Carranza (Kindler et al. 2018: fig. 1 and figure in Supplementary Information);

(8–10) hatchling, juvenile (head not visible), young adult male, photographic records, Moulay Abdeslam ( 35.2701, -5.4881), Gabriel Martínez del Mármol (hatchling: Fig. 7G–I View FIGURE 7 ) GoogleMaps ;

(11) juvenile, photographic record ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ), between Moulay Abdeslam and Bouhachem National Park ( 35.2665, -5.4315), Gabriel Martínez del Mármol ( Martínez del Mármol et al. 2019: fig. 710) GoogleMaps ;

(12) adult female, photographic record ( Fig. 10B, C View FIGURE 10 ), Souk El Arbaa [ 35.3100, -5.3500], Mario Schweiger ( Martínez del Mármol et al. 2019: figs 711, 713; http://www.moroccoherps.com/ficha/natrix _astreptophora /) GoogleMaps .

Middle Atlas (n=4):

(13) NMW 32908 View Materials , young adult (male?), physical voucher specimen ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 ), holotype of Natrix astreptophora soumiafahdae subsp. nov., don. Erich Sochurek, 6 June 1982 ;

(14) adult (probably female), photographic record, Azrou forest [ 33.4300, -5.2100], Mohamed Amine Lyamani (Facebook group “Al-Zawahif Mag”) GoogleMaps ;

(15, 16) BEV.6431, adult female, physical voucher specimen ( Fig. 9B View FIGURE 9 ), BEV.6432, adult male, physical voucher specimen ( Fig. 9A View FIGURE 9 ), paratypes of Natrix astreptophora soumiafahdae subsp. nov., stream W Oulmès ( 33.4412, - 6.0394), 1,069 m a.s.l., leg. Jean Garzoni 1964.