Arizona elegans philipi

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Arizona
Species: Arizona elegans
Subspecies: Arizona elegans philipi

Name

Arizona elegans philipi Klauber, 1946: 333

Holotype: SDSNH 34456, juvenile ♂.

Type locality: “10 mi. east of Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona.”

Paratypes (3): LMK 20990, “at the crossing of the Canyon Diablo with U.S. Highway 66 (= Two Guns), Coconino County, Arizona”; LMK 34426, same locality as holotype; PFNM 123, “one mile from Second Forest (alt. 5500 ft.), Petrified Forest National Monument, Apache County, Arizona”.

References

Primary references

Klauber, L.M. 1946. The glossy snake, Arizona, with descriptions of new subspecies. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10(17): 311–398. BHL

Additional references

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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Arizona elegans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Painted Desert Glossy Snake