Drymarchon melanurus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Drymarchon melanurus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) [conserved name]

Lectotype: MNHN-RA 3185.
Type locality: “Mexique”.
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 746 (1965: 184).

Spilotes melanurus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 224 [original combination]
Spilotes corais melanurus — Cope, 1893: 432 [subsequent combination]
Drymarchon corais melanurus — Stejneger, 1899 [subsequent combination]
Drymarchon melanurus — Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia, 2001 [subsequent combination]

Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Premiére partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xvi + 1–780 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1965. Opinion 746. Spilotes melanurus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Reptilia): Validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(3): 184–185. BHL Reference page.
Wüster, Wolfgang; José Luís Yrausquin & Abraham Mijares-Urrutia 2001. A new species of Indigo Snake from North-Western Venezuela (Serpentes: Colubridae: Drymarchon). Herpetological Journal 11: 157–165.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Drymarchon melanurus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 February 2023.
Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P. & Rivas, G. 2017. IUCN: Drymarchon melanurus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T63774A3129309. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T63774A3129309.en. Accessed on 12 February 2023.

English: Western Indigo Snake