Drymarchon couperi

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: Drymarchon
Species: Drymarchon couperi

Name

Drymarchon couperi (Holbrook, 1842)

Synonyms

Coluber couperi Holbrook, 1842: 75
Georgia Couperi — Baird & Girard, 1853: 92 (?)
Drymarchon corais couperi — Conant & Collins, 1991: 191
Drymarchon couperi — Crother, 2000: 61
Drymarchon kolpobasileus — Krysko et al., 2016: 564

References

Holbrook, J.E. 1842. North American Herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. 2nd. edition. J. Dobson: Philadelphia. Volume I: xv + 152 pp., XXIV pls. BHL; Volume II: vi + 142 pp., XX pls. BHL; Volume III: ii + 128 pp., XXX pls. BHL; Volume IV: vi + 138 pp., XXXV pls. BHL; Volume V: vi + 118 pp., XXXVIII pls. BHL Reference page. : Ed. 1, Vol. 3.
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.
Crother, B. I. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Herpetogical Circular, No. 29: 1–82.
Krysko, K.L., Granatosky, M.C., Nuñez, L.P. & Smith, D.J. 2016. A cryptic new species of Indigo Snake (genus Drymarchon) from the Florida Platform of the United States. Zootaxa 4138(3): 549–569. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.9. Reference page.
Folt, B., Bauder, J., Spear, S., Stevenson, D. Hoffman, M., Oaks, J.R., Wood, P.L., Jenkins, C., Steen, D.A., Guyer, C.. 2019. Taxonomic and conservation implications of population genetic admixture, mito-nuclear discordance, and male-biased dispersal of a large endangered snake, Drymarchon couperi. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0214439. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214439 Reference page.
Guyer, C., Folt, B., Hoffman, M., Stevenson, D., Goetz, S.W., Miller, M.A. & Godwin, J.C. 2019. Patterns of head shape and scutellation in Drymarchon couperi (Squamata: Colubridae) reveal a single species. Zootaxa 4695(2): 168–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.2.6 Reference page.

Links

Drymarchon couperi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Indigo Snake