Opheodrys aestivus

Opheodrys aestivus

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: Opheodrys
Species: Opheodrys aestivus
Subspecies (2): O. a. aestivus – O. a. carinatus

Name

Opheodrys aestivus (Linnaeus, 1766)

• Type material: Catesb. car. 2. p.57 t.57.
• Neotype: USNM 92473, ♂, collected by C.W. Burn on 19 July 1933. [designated by Grobman (1984: 161)]
• Type locality: “Carolina”, redesignated by neotype designation to “one mile west of Parksville, McCormick Co., SC [=South Carolina]”, by Grobman (1984: 161).

Combinations

• Coluber aestivus Linnaeus, 1766: 387 [original combination]
• Leptophis aestivus — Bell, 1826: 329 [subsequent combination]
• Herpetodryas aestivus — Schlegel, 1837: 151 [subsequent combination]
• Opheodrys aestivus — Cope, 1860: 560 [subsequent combination]
• Cyclophis aestivus — Cope, 1875: 38 [subsequent combination]
• Phyllophilophis aestivus — Garman, 1892: 283 [subsequent combination]
• Contia aestivus — Boulenger, 1894: 258 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page. 
• Grobman, A.B. 1984. Scutellation variation in Opheodrys aestivus. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 29(3): 153–170.

Additional references

• Rittmeyer, E.N., Elmonier, A. & Ruane, S. 2021. Phylogeography of the Rough Greensnake, Opheodrys aestivus (Squamata: Colubridae), Using Multilocus Sanger Sequence and Genomic ddRADseq Data. Journal of Herpetology 55(4): 342–354. DOI: 10.1670/20-040 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Opheodrys aestivus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 September 2022.
• Hammerson, G.A., Lavin, P. & Mendoza Quijano, F. 2007. IUCN: Opheodrys aestivus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63859A12722881. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63859A12722881.en. Accessed on 27 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Rough Greensnake

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