Carphophis vermis

Carphophis vermis

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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Heterodontinae
Genus: Carphophis
Species: Carphophis vermis

Name

Carphophis vermis (Kennicott, 1859)

• Holotype: USNM 2180, collected by P.R. Hoy in 1854.
• Type locality: “Missouri”.

Combinations

• Celuta vermis Kennicott, 1859: 99 [original combination]
• Carphophiops vermis — Cope, 1875: 34 [subsequent combination]
• Carphophis amoena var. vermis — Garman, 1884: 101 [subsequent combination]
• Carphophis vermis — Clark, 1968: 110 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kennicott, R. 1859. Notes on Coluber calligaster of Say, and a description of a new species of Serpents in the collection of the north Western University of Evanston, Ill. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 98–100. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia, with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on Geographic distribution: Serpentes: Based on the specimens in the U.S. National Museum. Government Printing Office: Washington. 104 pp. BHL
• Garman, S. [1883] 1884. The reptiles and batrachians of North America. Part I. Ophidians. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 8: 1–185. BHL
• Clark, Jr., D.R. 1968. A Proposal of Specific Status for the Western Worm Snake, Carphophis amoenus vermis (Kennicott). Herpetologica 24(2): 104–112. JSTOR

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Carphophis vermis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 May 2018.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Carphophis vermis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63739A12712214. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63739A12712214.en. Accessed on 02 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Western Worm Snake

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