Pantherophis guttatus

Pantherophis guttatus

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: Pantherophis
Species: Pantherophis guttatus

Name

Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

• Holotype: UUZM 147 (formerly JA 1749), collected by A. Garden between 1760–1761.
• Type locality: “Carolina”, restricted to “Charleston, South Carolina, USA” by Klauber (1948: 6).

Combinations

• Coluber guttatus Linnaeus, 1766: 385 [original combination]
• Elaphis guttatus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 [subsequent combination]
• Pantherophis guttatus — Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler, 2002 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber maculatus Bonnaterre, 1790: 19
• Coluber compressus Donndorf, 1798: 206
• Coluber carolinianus Shaw, 1802: 460
• Coluber molossus Daudin, 1803: 269
• Coluber pantherinus Daudin, 1803: 318

• Coluber floridanus Harlan, 1827: 360
  • Holotype: ANSP 3875.
  • Type locality: “east Florida”.

• Coluber guttatus sellatus Cope, 1888: 387
  • Syntypes: USNM 9692, collected by G.B. Goode and 5507, collected by T. Glover.
  • Type locality: “Palatka, Putnam County, Florida” [T. Glover] and “Arlington, Duval County, Florida” [G. B. Goode].

• Coluber rosaceus Cope, 1888: 388
  • Holotype: USNM 14418, collected by H. Hemphill on 20 June 1885.
  • Type locality: “Key West, Monroe County, Florida”.

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. 
• Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

Additional references

• Burbrink, F.T. 2002. Phylogeographic analysis of the cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) complex as inferred from maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25(3): 465–476. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00306-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pantherophis guttatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2023.
• Echternacht, A. & Hammerson, G.A. 2016. IUCN: Pantherophis guttatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T63863A71740603. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T63863A71740603.en. Accessed on 17 June 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Rote Kornnatter
English: Red Cornsnake
Nederlands: Korenslang

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