Pituophis melanoleucus

Pituophis melanoleucus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Pituophis
Species: Pituophis melanoleucus
Subspecies (3): P. m. lodingi – P. m. melanoleucus – P. m. mugitus

Name edit

Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803)

  • Type material: not designated.
  • Type locality: “Floride” and “Pensilvanie, Caroline méridionale et de la Floríde, Amérique septentrionale”, restricted to “Carolina” by Barbour (1921: 117), further restricted to “Charleston, South Carolina” by Schmidt (1953: 201).

Combinations edit

  • Coluber melanoleucus Daudin, 1803: 188 [original combination]
  • Pituophis melanoleucusHolbrook, 1842: 7 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms edit

  • Churchilla bellona Baird & Girard, 1852: 70
    • Holotype: USNM 1519, collected by Gen. Churchill in 1846.
    • Type locality: “along the Rio Grande”.

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Sixième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 447 pp. + plates LXXI–LXXX. BHL Reference page
  • Holbrook, J.E. 1842. North American Herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. 2nd. edition. J. Dobson: Philadelphia. Volume I: xv + 152 pp., XXIV pls. BHL; Volume II: vi + 142 pp., XX pls. BHL; Volume III: ii + 128 pp., XXX pls. BHL; Volume IV: vi + 138 pp., XXXV pls. BHL; Volume V: vi + 118 pp., XXXVIII pls. BHL Reference page
  • Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. First Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 68–70. BHL Reference page

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Vernacular names edit

Deutsch: Kiefernnatter
English: Eastern Pine Snake
Türkçe: Öküz yılanı
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