Pantherophis quadrivittatus

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Taxonavigation

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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 quadrivittatus

Name

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Pantherophis quadrivittatus (Holbrook, 1836)

  • Holotype: ANSP 3773.
  • Type locality: “South Carolina”, restricted to “Charleston, South Carolina” by Schmidt (1953: 198).

Combinations

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  • Coluber quadrivittatus Holbrook, 1836: 113 [original combination]
  • Elaphis quadri-vittatusDuméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 265 [subsequent combination]
  • Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittataNeill, 1949: 4 [subsequent combination]
  • Pantherophis quadrivittatusHillis & Wüster, 2021: 52 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

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  • Elaphe quadrivittata deckerti Brady, 1932: 5
    • Holotype: USNM 84295, ♂, collected by R.F. Deckert in June 1931.
    • Type locality: “Lower Matecumbe Key, Monroe Co. Florida”.
  • Elaphe williamsi Barbour & Carr, 1940: 340
    • Holotype: MCZ 45705.
    • Type locality: “near Lebanon, Levy County, Florida”.
  • Elaphe quadrivittata parallela Barbour & Engels, 1942: 103
    • Holotype: MCZ 46468.
    • Type locality: “Sam Windsor's Lump, [Shackleford Banks, Carteret County,] North Carolina”.
  • Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni Neill, 1949: 1
    • Holotype: UF 16264 (formerly WTN 18881), adult ♂, collected by W.T. Neill on 11 July 1947.
    • Type locality: “22 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida (near junction of State Highways 25 and 84)”.

Native distribution areas

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  • United States: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Yellow Rat Snake
 
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