Natrix astreptophora algerica (Hecht, 1930)

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.1.3

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E587C7-FF8A-CD1D-FF73-FF3CFCB2FB17

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scientific name

Natrix astreptophora algerica (Hecht, 1930)
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Natrix astreptophora algerica (Hecht, 1930) View in CoL (n=16)

ALGERIA (n=6):

(1) BEV. T8085 , hatchling, photographic record, Aïn Kechra , pond 5 km S Aïn Lemsid ( 36.8746, 6.4319), Olivier Peyre, Menad Beddek & Boualem Dellaoui GoogleMaps ;

(2) ZMB 1935 View Materials , juvenile (possibly male), physical voucher specimen, paratype of Tropidonotus natrix algericus Hecht, 1930 , “ Algier ” [= Algiers, 36.7538, 3.0588 or province of Algiers], leg. Wilhelm Martin Ernst Ludwig Graf von Schlieffen GoogleMaps , c. 1855;

(3) hatchling, photographic record ( Figs 6B View FIGURE 6 , 7D–F View FIGURE 7 ), Djurdjura mountains , Tikjda station ( 36.4494, 4.1258), Olivier Peyre GoogleMaps ;

(4) adult (probably female), photographic record ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 ), El Milia ( 36.6934, 6.3139), Krikra Oussama, Facebook group “Al-Zawahif Mag”;

(5) hatchling, photographic record, Lake Tonga, E El Kala ( 36.8814, 8.4981), https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/265560908 GoogleMaps ;

(6) ZMB 19636 View Materials , juvenile (possibly male), physical voucher specimen ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 ), holotype of Tropidonotus natrix algericus Hecht, 1930 , “Südalgier”, leg. Chatschatur Schaposchnikoff, May 1905 .

TUNISIA (n=10):

(7, 8) Juvenile and adult female, photographic records with measurements, Beni M’Tir ( 36.7306, 8.7052), Gabriel Martínez del Mármol , 26 May 2025 GoogleMaps ;

(9) ZFMK 67196 About ZFMK , hatchling, physical voucher specimen, Cap Serrat [ 37.2100, 9.2200], leg. Hemmo Nickel, 16 October 1997 GoogleMaps ;

(10) adult, photographic record ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ), Cap Serrat ( 37.2189, 9.2226), Martina Kiselová;

(11) hatchling, photographic record, Ghorra [ 36.5900, 8.3700], Mohsen Kalboussi, https://reptile-database. reptarium.cz;

(12) BEV.8874, adult, physical voucher specimen (head only), Lake Ichkeul [ 37.1400, 9.6500], unknown collector, 12 October 1979 GoogleMaps ;

(13, 14) hatchling and young adult, photographic records, Nefza [ 36.9700, 9.0700], Ridha Ouni;

(15) hatchling, photographic record ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ), Tabarka [ 36.9400, 8.7400], Mohsen Kalboussi, https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz;

(16) juvenile, photographic record in Brito et al. (2008: fig. 4), referring to one of the three northern Tunisian records in this publication (see Appendix 2), Tony Herrera.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Natrix

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