Cemophora coccinea

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

Cemophora coccinea (Blumenbach, 1788) [conserved name]

Holotype: ZMG, collected by A. Garden between 1750–1761. [lost fide Williams & Wilson (1967: 112)]
Type locality: “Florida und Neu-Spanien”.
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 804 (1967: 18).

Coluber coccineus Blumenbach, 1788: 11 [original combination]
Elaps coccineus — Merrem, 1820: 145 [subsequent combination]
Heterodon coccineus — Schlegel, 1837: 141 [subsequent combination]
Rhinostoma coccineus — Holbrook, 1842: 125 [subsequent combination]
Simotes coccineus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 637 [subsequent combination]
Cemophora coccineus — Cope, 1860: 244 [subsequent combination]
Stasiotes coccineus — Jan, 1862: 75 [subsequent combination]

Blumenbach 1788. Neue Beobachtungen I. Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Schlangen. Voigt`s Mag. Neu. Phys. Naturg. 5, Pt.1, p. 11, pl.1.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1967. Opinion 804. Coluber doliatus Linnaeus, 1766 (Reptilia): Suppressed under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24(1): 18–19. BHL Reference page.

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.
Conant, R. & Collins, J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
Weinell, J.L. & Austin, C.C. 2017. Refugia and Speciation in North American Scarlet Snakes (Cemophora). Journal of Herpetology 51(1): 161–171. DOI: 10.1670/15-125 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cemophora coccinea. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 April 2022.
Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Cemophora coccinea (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63740A12712279. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63740A12712279.en. Accessed on 18 April 2022.

English: Scarlet Snake