Virginia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Virginia
Species (1): V. valeriae
Name

Virginia Baird & Girard, 1853: 127

Type species: Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

McVay, J.D. & Carstens, B. 2013. Testing monophyly without well-supported gene trees: Evidence from multi-locus nuclear data conflicts with existing taxonomy in the snake tribe Thamnophiini. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(3): 425–431. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.028 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Virginia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 October 2019.
Virginia – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
Virginia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Erdschlangen
English: Earth Snakes