Museum Adolphi Friderici

The Snakes

1754 name 1754 page 1754 illustration 1764 name 1764 page Systema Naturae 1758 NRM cat no
Coluber atropos 22 pl. 13, fig. 1 Coluber Atropos 96 and 97
Coluber Plicatilis 23 Coluber plicatilis 57
Coluber Calamarius 23 pl. 6, fig. 3 Coluber Calamarius 62
Coluber angulatus 23 pl. 15, fig. 1 Coluber angulatus 17 (entire) — (anterior ventral view)
Coluber Melanocephalus 24 pl. 15, fig. 2 Coluber melanocephalus 15 and 86
Coluber Reginae 24 pl. 13, fig. 3 Coluber Reginae 44 and 54
Coluber Cobella 24 Coluber Cobella 46 and 47
Coluber albus 24 pl. 14, fig. 2 Coluber albus 19
Coluber severus 25 pl. 8, fig. 1 Coluber severus 48
Coluber Aurora 25 pl. 19, fig. 1 Coluber Aurora 20
Coluber stolatus 26 pl. 22, fig. 1 Coluber stolatus 16
Coluber vittatus 26 pl. 18, fig. 2 Coluber vittatus Not located
Coluber rhombeatus 27 pl. 24, fig. 2 Coluber rhombeatus 24 and 25 and 79
Coluber miliaris 27 Coluber miliaris 56
Coluber agilis 27 pl. 21, fig. 2 Coluber agilis Not located
Coluber Natrix 27 Coluber Natrix Not located
Coluber Lacteus 28 pl. 18, fig. 1 Coluber lacteus 92
Coluber mycterizans 28 pl. 5, fig. 1, pl. 19, fig. 2 Coluber mycterizans 81 and 82
Coluber Aesculapii 29 pl. 11, fig. 2 Coluber Aesculapii 95 and 84
Coluber aulicus 29 pl .12, fig. 2 Coluber aulicus 21
Coluber Buccatus 29 pl. 19, fig. 3 Coluber buccatus Not located
Coluber Najas 30 pl. 21, fig. 1 Coluber Naja 90
Coluber lineatus 30 pl. 12, fig. 1, pl. 20, fig. 1 Coluber lineatus 49, 50 and 51
Coluber laticaudatus 31 pl. 16, fig. 1 Coluber laticaudatus 87 and 88
Coluber pallidus 31 pl. 7, fig. 2 Coluber pallidus 78
Coluber carinatus 31 Coluber carinatus 33
Coluber canus 31 pl. 11, fig. 1 Coluber canus 22
Coluber nebulatus 32 pl. 24, fig. 1 Coluber nebulatus 60, 64 and 65
Coluber fuscus 32 pl. 17, fig. 1 Coluber fuscus 34
Coluber Saturninus 32 pl. 9, fig. 1 Coluber Saturninus 35
Coluber angulatus 33 pl. 22, fig. 2 Coluber atrox 100 and 101
Coluber candidus 33 pl 7, fig. 1 Coluber candidus 89
Coluber corallinus 33 Coluber corallinus 42
Coluber lemniscatus 34 pl. 14, fig. 1 Coluber lemniscatus 58, 58 and 93
Coluber annulatus 34 pl 8, fig. 2 Coluber annulatus 68, 67, 69, 70 (1 of 3), 70 (1 of 3), 70 (1 of 3)
Coluber exoletus 34 pl 10, fig. 2 Coluber exoletus Not located
Coluber Petolarius 35 pl. 9, fig. 2 Coluber petolarius 73, 74 and 75
Coluber Ahaetulla 35 pl 22, fig. 3 Coluber Ahaetulla 37, 40 and 41
Coluber pullatus 35 pl. 20, fig. 2 Coluber pullatus 30
Coluber Minervae 36 Coluber minervae 52 and 53
Coluber filiformis 36 pl. 17, fig. 2 Coluber filiformis 39
Coluber hippocrepis 36 pl. 16, fig. 2 Coluber Hippocrepis 29
Coluber scaber 36 pl. 10, fig. 1 Coluber scaber Not located
Coluber cinereus 37 pl. 23, fig. 2 Coluber cinereus 55
Coluber mucosus 37 pl. 23, fig. 1 Coluber mucosus 61
Coluber hortulanus 37 Boa Hortulana 66
Coluber coerulescens 37 pl. 20, fig. 2 Coluber caerulescens 36
Coluber mucosus 37 pl. 23, fig. 1 Coluber mucosus 26
Boas Constrictor 38 Boa Constrictor 10, 20001
Vipera Paraguajana formosa 38 [?] Not located
Crotalus horridus 39 Crotalus horridus 102 and 103
Boas caninus 39 pl. 3 Boa canina 8
Boa Cenchria 41 Boa Cenchria 6
Boa Hipnale 41 Boa Hipnale Not located
Boa murina 42 Boa murina 9
Coluber lebetinus 43 Coluber Lebetinus Not located
Coluber Vipera 43 Coluber Vipera 99
Coluber Situla 44 Coluber Situla 32
Coluber Padera 44 Coluber Padera 23
Coluber jugularis 45 Coluber jugularis 28
Coluber Tyria 45 Coluber Tyria Not located
Coluber viridissimus 46 Coluber viridissimus 38
Coluber Haje 46 Coluber Haje 31
Coluber [?] 47 Not located
Coluber [?] 47 Not located
Not included Not included 5
Not included Not included Not included 2
Not included Coluber niveus 91
Not included Not included Coluber Cerastes 98
Not included Not included 7
Not included Not included 11
Not included Not included 18
Not included Not included 27
Not included Not included 43
Not included Not included 63
Not included Not included 83

Literature cited
ANDERSSON, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of the Linnaean type-specimens of snakes in The Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24 (4) (6): 1-35. pdf file, 1.7 Mb

LINNAEUS, C. 1754. Hans Maj:ts Adolf Frideriks vår allernådigste konungs naturalie samling innehållande sällsynte och främmande djur, som bevaras på kongl. lust-slottet Ulriksdahl beskrefne och afritade samt på nådig befallning utgifne af Carl Linnaeus. Stockholm, I-XXX, 1-96 pp. + 7 pp.
LINNAEUS, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae, 823 pp.
[LINNAEUS, C.] 1764. Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Adolphi Friderici Regis Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque &c. &c. &c. in quo Animalia rariora imprimis & exotica: Aves, Amphibia, Piscis describuntur. Tomi secundi Prodromus. Holmiae. Pp 110.

Authors: Sven O Kullander (text, scanning), Anders Silfvergrip (photographs)
Copyright © 1997 Swedish Museum of Natural History and the authors.
Disclaimer: This document is not to be considered as published in the sense of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, and statements herein are not herewith made available for purposes of zoological nomenclature.

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