Pituophis lineaticollis

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

Pituophis lineaticollis (Cope, 1861)

Holotype: ANSP 3548. [lost fide Duellman (1960: 607)]
Neotype: UMMZ 114668, adult ♀. [designated by Duellman (1960: 607)]
Type locality: “Mexico”, redesigned by neotype designation to “24 kilometers northwest of Ciudad Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico”, by Duellman (1960: 607).

Arizona lineaticollis Cope, 1861: 300 [original combination]
Spilotes lineaticollis — Cope, 1887: 72 [subsequent combination]
Epiglottophis lineaticollis — Cope, 1891: 156 [subsequent combination]
Coluber lineaticollis — Boulenger, 1894: 64 [subsequent combination]
Pituophis lineaticollis — Günther, 1894: 124 [subsequent combination]
Pituophis deppei lineaticollis — Smith, 1943: 460 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page.
Cope, E.D. 1887. Catalogue of batrachians and reptiles of Central America and Mexico. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 32: 1–98.
Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.): London. xi + 382 pp. BHL
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1885–1902. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Volume 7. Reptilia and Batrachia. R.H. Porter: London. i–xx + 326 pp., 76 pls. BHL Reference page.
Smith, H.M. 1943. Summary of the collections of snakes and crocodilians made in Mexico under the Walter Rathbone Bacon traveling scholarship. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93(3169): 393–504. BHL
Duellman, W.E. 1960. A taxonomic study of the middle American snake Pituophis deppei. University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History 10: 599–610. BHL

Peters, J.A., Donoso-Barros, R. & Orejas-Miranda, B. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Part II Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Nation. Mus., Washington 297: 347 pp.
Liner, E.A. 2007. A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1–60.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pituophis lineaticollis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.
Acevedo, M., Ponce-Campos, P. & Aguayo, A.G. 2013. IUCN: Pituophis lineaticollis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T63872A3130489. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63872A3130489.en. Accessed on 21 June 2023.

English: Middle American Gopher Snake
español: culebra sorda centroamericana