Masticophis aurigulus

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: Masticophis
Species: Masticophis aurigulus
Subspecies (2): M. a. aurigulus – M. a. barbouri

Name

• Masticophis aurigulus (Cope, 1861)

Holotype: USNM 5793.

Type locality: “Cape St. Lucas, Lower California”, Mexico.

Combinations

• Drymobius aurigulus Cope, 1861: 301 [original combination]
• Bascanium aurigulum — Cope, 1875: 40 [subsequent combination]
• Coluber flagelliformis var. aurigulus — Garman, 1884: 44 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Bascanium laterale aurigulum — Cope, 1891: 629 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Zamenis aurigulus — Cope, 1896: 1012 [subsequent combination]
• Coluber aurigulus — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917: 78 [subsequent combination]
• Masticophis aurigulus — Ortenburger, 1923: 2 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia, with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on Geographic distribution: Serpentes: Based on the specimens in the U.S. National Museum. Government Printing Office: Washington. 104 pp. BHL
• Garman, S. [1883] 1884. The reptiles and batrachians of North America. Part I. Ophidians. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 8: 1–185. BHL
• Stejneger, L. & Barbour, T. 1917. A checklist of North American amphibians and reptiles. Harvard University Press: Cambridge. 125 pp. BHL
• Ortenburger, A.I. 1923. A note on the genera Coluber and Masticophis, and a description of a new species of Masticophis. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 139: 1–14. hdl: 2027.42/56578 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Stebbins, R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin: Boston.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Masticophis aurigulus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.
• Hollingsworth, B. & Frost, D.R. 2007. IUCN: Masticophis aurigulus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63845A12721528. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63845A12721528.en

Vernacular names

English: Baja California Striped Whip Snake