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Virginia striatula (LINNAEUS, 1766)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rough Earth Snake
G: Rauhe Erdschlange 
SynonymColuber striatulus LINNAEUS 1766: 275
Natrix striatulus — MERREM 1820: 118
Haldea striatula – BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 122
Conocephalus striatulus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 140
Conocephalus striatulus — JAN 1865
Falconeria bengalensis THEOBALD 1868: 37 (fide BAUER & DAS 1999)
Virginia inornata GARMAN 1884: 97 (fide BLANCHARD 1924)
Virginia striatula — GARMAN 1884: 97
Amphiardis inornatus — COPE 1888: 391
Virginia inornata — GARMAN 1888
Haldea striatula — BOULENGER 1893
Amphardis striatula — COPE 1895: 206 (nom. emend.)
Haldea striatula — BOULENGER 1893: 291
Amphardis inornatus — COPE 1900: 1009
Haldea striatula — COPE 1900: 1009
Amphiardis inornatus — BROWN 1901: 43
Potamophis striatulus — BLANCHARD 1924
Potamophis striatulus — FORCE 1928
Potamophis striatulus — ALLEN 1932
Potamophis striatulus — BURT 1935
Haldea striatula — SHANNON & SMITH 1949
Virginia striatula — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 174
Virginia striatula — CROTHER 2000
Virginia striatula — ERNST & ERNST 2003: 445
Virginia striatula — CROTHER et al. 2012
Haldea striatula — MCVAY & CARSTENS 2013
Virginia striatula — WALLACH et al. 2014: 789
Virginia striatula — LEMOS-ESPINAL 2015
Haldea striatula — GUYER et al. 2018
Virginia striatula — NUÑEZ et al. 2023
Haldea striatula — BASSETT & PANDELIS 2024 
DistributionUSA (Texas, E Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, S Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, N Florida, South Carolina, E North Carolina, SE Virginia, SW Tennessee)

Type locality: Carolina

Type-locality (inornata): "Texas”  
Reproductionlecithotrophic, ovoviviparous. 
TypesTypes: lost or unknown fide Powell et al. 1994..
Syntypes: MCZ R-178773, 178774, 178775 (formerly MCZ R- 2453, 4 specimens), one adult male and three adult Femalescollected by Mr. Boll [inornata] 
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CommentType species: Coluber striatulus LINNAEUS 1766: 275 is the type species of the genus Haldea BAIRD & GIRARD 1853. MCVAY & CARSTENS 2013 revalidated the genus Haldea without providing a diagnosis. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin striatus, grooved, wrinkled + Latin -ula, diminutive suffix. [“...Parvus dorso striato, fuscus...”]. 
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