Pantherophis vulpinus

Pantherophis vulpinus

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 vulpinus

Name

Pantherophis vulpinus (Baird & Girard, 1853)

• Neotype: USNM 9969, ♂, collected by P.R. Hoy. [designated by Conant (1940: 10)]
• Type locality: “Racine, Wisc. [=Wisconsin]”.

Combinations

• Scotophis vulpinus Baird & Girard, 1853: 75 [original combination]
• Coluber vulpinus — Yarrow, 1883: 101 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphe guttatus vulpinus — Garman, 1892: 292 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphe vulpinus — Ruthven, 1909: 110 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphe vulpina — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917: 84 [subsequent combination]
• Pantherophis vulpinus — Utiger et al., 2002 [subsequent combination]
• Pituophis vulpinus — Burbrink & Lawson, 2007 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Elaphis rubriceps Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 270
• Elaphe vulpina gloydi Conant, 1940: 2 [synonymized by Crother et al. (2011: 10)]
  • Holotype: ANSP 21650 (original number 1086), adult ♀, collected by Robert H. Mattlin on 27 May 1939.
  • Type locality: “Little Cedar Point, Jerusalem Township, Lucas County, Ohio”.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Conant, R. 1940. A new subspecies of the Fox snake, Elaphe vulpina Baird & Girard. Herpetologica 2: 1–14.
• Crother, B.I., White, M.E., Savage, J.M., Eckstut, M.E., Graham, M.R. & Gardner, D.W. 2011. A reevaluation of the status of the fox snakes Pantherophis gloydi Conant and P. vulpinus Baird and Girard (Lepidosauria). International Scholarly Research Network Zoology 2011(article 436049): 1–15. DOI: 10.5402/2011/436049 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002. Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9(2): 105–124.
• Burbrink, Frank T. and Robin Lawson 2007. How and when did Old World ratsnakes disperse into the New World? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(1): 173–189.
• Shew, J.J., B.D. Greene & F.E. Durbian, 2012. Spatial Ecology and Habitat Use of the Western Foxsnake (Pantherophis vulpinus) on Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge (Missouri). Journal of Herpetology 46(4): 539–548. DOI: 10.1670/10-111.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pantherophis vulpinus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 June 2020.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2019. IUCN: Pantherophis vulpinus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T90069683A90069697. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T90069683A90069697.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Östliche Fuchsnatter
English: Eastern Fox Snake

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