Arizona elegans arenicola

Taxonavigation

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

Arizona elegans arenicola Dixon, 1960: 226 [conserved name]

Lectotype: BMNH 90.7.30.40. [designated by Williams & Smith (1962: 300)]
Type locality: “Duval County, Texas”.
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 717 (1965: 19).

Dixon, J.R. 1959. Geographic variation and distribution of the longtailed group of the Glossy Snake, Arizona elegans Kennicott. The Southwestern Naturalist 4(1): 20–29. DOI: 10.2307/3669526 JSTOR
Dixon, J.R. 1959. Arizona elegans in southeastern Texas. Herpetologica 15(2): 72. JSTOR
Dixon, J.R. 1960. A New Name for the Snake, Arizona elegans arizonae. Southwestern Naturalist 5(4): 226. DOI: 10.2307/3668949 Reference page.
Williamns, K.L. & Smith, H.M. 1962. Arizona elegans Kennicott, 1859 (Reptilia): proposed validation under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 19: 298–300.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1965. Opinion 717. Arizona elegans Kennicott, 1859 (Reptilia): validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(1): 19–21. BHL Reference page.

Crother, B. I. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Herpetogical Circular No. 29: 1–82.

English: Texas Glossy Snake