Cemophora coccinea copei

Cemophora coccinea copei

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: Cemophora
Species: Cemophora coccinea
Subspecies: Cemophora coccinea copei

Name

Cemophora coccinea copei Jan, 1863

• Holotype: MHNG 524.74, collected by H. de Saussure, collection date unknwon.
• Type locality: “Tennessee”, United States.

Combinations

• Cemophora copei Jan, 1863: 231 [original combination]
• Cemophora coccinea var. copei — Garman, 1884: 78 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1863. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2(2): 213–330. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Williams, K.L. & Wilson, L.D. 1967. A review of the colubrid snake genus Cemophora Cope. Tulane Studies in Zoology 13(4): 103–124. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cemophora coccinea. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Scarlet Snake