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Regina (Latin for "queen") may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2452089	https://www.gbif.org/species/2452089
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	67536	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67536

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Natricidae : Regina

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Regina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Lepidosauromorpha
superorder	Lepidosauria
order	Squamata	Oppel 1811
suborder	Ophidia
-	Serpentes
infraorder	Alethinophidia	Nopcsa 1923
-	Macrostomata	Ritgen 1828
superfamily	Booidea	Gray 1825
-	Caenophidia	Hoffstetter 1939
superfamily	Colubroidea	Oppel 1811
family	Colubridae	Oppel 1811
subfamily	Natricinae	Bonaparte 1838
genus	Regina	Baird & Girard 1853

Common Name

crayfish snake

Scientific Name

Regina Baird & Girard, 1853

Name Published In

Cat. N. Amer. Rept. Mus. Smithson. Inst. (1): 45

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Regina	genus	belongs to Colubridae	stated without evidence	Behler and King, 1979
Regina	genus	belongs to Colubridae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Regina	genus	belongs to Natricinae	stated without evidence	Uetz, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (83%)

First Recorded Appearance

10.3 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Booidea)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. L. Behler and F. W. King. 1979. National Audubon Society Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: North America

Common Name(s)

Crayfish Snakes, Crayfish Snake

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Regina alleni species	listed (PBDB)	Striped Crayfish Snake	1	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Regina grahamii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Graham's Crayfish Snake			0 Ma Extant
Regina intermedia ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	1.81 Ma Pleistocene	1.81 Ma Pleistocene
Regina rigida species	listed (PBDB)	Glossy Crayfish Snake			0 Ma Extant
Regina septemvittata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Queen Snake			0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Regida	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Natricidae : *Regida*
Mariolisus Hoser, 2012	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Natricidae : *Mariolisus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Regina Baird and Girard p. 45
1885	Liodytes Cope p. 194
1979	Regina Behler and King
1988	Regina Carroll
2005	Regina Uetz

References

Behler J. L., King F. W. (1979) , National Audubon Society Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: North America, 1-743

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Uetz P. (2005) Suborder Ophidia (Serpentes)- Snakes, The European Molecular Biology Laboratory Reptile Database

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Smithson. Misc. Coll., 2 (5) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 632 Begina Baird & Girard, 1853 (Reptilia); designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 19(3), 145-147 (1962) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

SN2000/Uetz, 1995-, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Uetz, 1995- - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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