Kingdom Animalia (Animals) ➔ Phylum Chordata (Chordates) ➔ Class Reptilia (Reptiles) ➔ Order Squamata (Scaled reptiles) ➔ Family Natricidae

 Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ringelnatter  European Grass Snake

Synonyms:

Coluber natrix Linnaeus, 1758 | Coluber persa Pallas, 1814 | Coluber scutatus Pallas, 1771 | Coluber torquatus Lacépède, 1789 | Natrix cetti Géné, 1839 | Natrix megalocephala Orlov & Tuniyev, 1987 | Natrix vulgaris Laurenti, 1768 | Tropidonotus ater Eichwald, 1831 | Tropidonotus natrix Boie, 1826 | Tropidonotus natrix bilineata Peracca, 1890 | Tropidonotus natrix moreoticus Bedriaga, 1881 | Tropidonotus natrix picturata Jan, 1863 |

References:
  1. Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2017). The Reptile Database (version Dec 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.