Coronella austriaca fitzingeri

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Coronella austriaca fitzingeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Coronella
Species: C. austriaca
Subspecies:C. a. fitzingeri
Trinomial name
Coronella austriaca fitzingeri
Laurenti, 1768 [1]

Coronella austriaca fitzingeri is a subspecies of the snake Coronella austriaca (commonly known as the smooth snake). [2] It lives in southern Italy and Sicily.

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References

  1. ↑ Species Coronella austriaca at The Reptile Database
  2. ↑ Street D. 1979. The Reptiles of Northern and Central Europe. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. 268 pp. ISBN   0-7134-1374-3.
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