Thamnophis saurita

Thamnophis saurita

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: Natricinae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: Thamnophis saurita
Subspecies (4): T. s. nitae – T. s. sackenii – T. s. saurita – T. s. septentrionalis

Name

Thamnophis saurita (Linnaeus, 1766) [conserved name]

• Holotype: unknown, presumed lost.
• Neotype: FMNH 73119 (formerly CMR 53.136.5), adult ♀, collected by John Quinby on 20 July 1953. [designated by Schmidt & Conant (1956: 230)]
• Type locality: “Carolina”, redesigned by neotype designation to “15 miles northeast of Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina” by Schmidt & Conant (1956: 230).
• Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 385 (1956: 193).

Combinations

• Coluber saurita Linnaeus, 1766: 385 [original combination]
• Natrix saurita — Merrem, 1820: 122 [subsequent combination]
• Tropidonotus saurita — Boie, 1827: 535 [subsequent combination]
• Leptophis sauritus — Holbrook, 1842: 21 [subsequent combination]
• Thamnophis saurita — Fitzinger, 1843: 26 [subsequent combination by implication]
• Eutainia saurita — Baird & Girard, 1853: 24 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Tropidonotus nicobarensis Sclater, 1891: 241 [synonymised by Lee, Chandramouli & Bauer (2023: 140)]
  • Holotype: ZSI 8895, immature sex indet., collected by Frederik Adolph de Röepstorff between 1868–1883.
  • Type locality: “Camorta in the Nicobars”.

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. 
• Sclater, W.L. 1891. Notes on a collection of snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal LX: 230–250. BHL
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1956. Opinion 385. Determination under the Plenary Powers of the method to be adopted in interpreting the nominal species “Coluber sirtalis” Linnaeus, 1758, the common garter snake of the eastern United States, and approval of the neotype designated for the foregoing species and of that designated for the ribbon snake of North America. pp. 191–230, 2 pls. In Hemming, F. (Ed.). Opinions and Declarations of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 12. Part 6. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. BHL Reference page. 
• Lee, J.L., Chandramouli, S.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2023. Tropidonotus nicobarensis Sclater, 1891 is a junior synonym of Thamnophis saurita (Linnaeus, 1766)(Squamata: Serpentes: Natricinae). Zootaxa 5285(1): 133–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Thamnophis saurita  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63991A12727431. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63991A12727431.en. Accessed on 17 November 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Ribbon Snake

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