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Coronella girondica (DAUDIN, 1803)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Southern Smooth Snake
G: Girondische Glattnatter
D: Girondische Gladde Slang
Italian: colubro di Riccioli 
SynonymColuber girondicus DAUDIN 1803: 432
Coluber meridionalis DAUDIN 1803
Natrix meridionalis (DAUDIN) — MERREM 1820
Coluber riccioli — METAXA 1823
Zamenis riccioli METAXA 1823
Psammophis girondicus (DAUDIN) — BOIE 1826
Coronella meridionalis (DAUDIN) — BOIE 1827
Coluber rubens GACHET 1829
Zacholus girondicus (DAUDIN) — WAGLER 1830
Zamenis riccioli (METAXA) — BONAPARTE 1840
Coronella girundica (DAUDIN) — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 612 (in error)
Coronella riccioli (METAXA) — DE BETTA 1857: 191
Coronella girondica — JAN 1866
Coronella laevis var. hispanica BOETTGER 1869
Rhinechis amaliae BOETTGER 1881: 570
Coronella girundica — LOPEZ-SEOANE 1885: 18 (in error)
Coronella amaliae — BOULENGER 1889
Coronella amaliae — WERNER 1899
Coronella girondica — BOULENGER 1913
Coronella girondica — MERTENS & MÜLLER 1940
Coronella girondica — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Coronella girondica — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 487
Coronella girondica — KWET & TRAPP 2015
Coronella girondica — WALLACH et al. 2014: 186 
DistributionSpain, Portugal, Gibraltar, S France, Italy,
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia

Type locality: Bordeaux, France.

amaliae: Morocco; Type locality: “Tanger et Tetuan”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unlocated (not in MNHN), a 520 mm specimen (Rodrigues) (fide V. Wallach, pers. comm.) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “GL ausnahmsweise über 80 cm, in der Regel aber unter 70 cm. Eine her kleine Schlange mit wenig vom Hals abgesetztem Kopf und glatter Beschuppung. Von C. austriaca durch die würfelartig gezeichnete Bauchseite, durch Kopf- und Körperzeichnung sowie Beschuppung und Hemipenisstruktur unterscheidbar. Fast immer 8 Supralabialia, davon viertes und fünftes das Auge berührend. 21 Dorsalia um die Körpermitte, Reduktion von 21 auf 19 Rückenschuppenreihen meist hinter der Körpermitte, nur selten davor. Eine weitere, nicht immer vorhandene Reduktion von 19 auf 17 im hinteren Viertel, vor dem Anale.” (Dušej 1993: 247)


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CommentSynonymy: Despite contrary reports probably not present on Sicily (E. Razetti, pers. comm.). Coronella girondica amaliae Boettger 1881 is not recognised by most authors (Saint Girons 1956, Schleich et al. 1996, Sindaco et al. 2013).

Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. 
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