Drymarchon corais

Drymarchon corais

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Drymarchon
Species: Drymarchon corais
Subspecies: D. c. corais – D. c. erebennus – D. c. orizabensis – D. c. rubidus – D. c. unicolor

Name

Drymarchon corais (Boie, 1827)

Type locality: America.

Synonyms

• Drymarchon corais corais Boie, 1827
• Coluber corais Boie, 1827: 537
• Spilotes corais — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 223 (?)
• Geoptyas collaris Steindachner, 1867: 271 (fide Boulenger, 1894)
• Geoptyas flaviventris Steindachner, 1867
• Coluber corais - Boulenger, 1894
• Drymarchon corais corais - Stejneger, 1899
• Phrynonax angulifer Werner, 1923
• Drymarchon corais cleofae Brock, 1942
• Drymarchon corais corais - Cei, 1993
• Drymarchon corais corais — Gasc & Rodrigues, 1980
• Drymarchon corais corais — Gorzula & Señaris, 1999

References

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis van Oken, Jena, 20: 508–566.
• Gasc & Rodrigues 1980. Liste preliminaire des Serpents de la Guyane francaise. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (4): 559–598.
• Gorzula Stefan & Senaris J. Celsa 1999. In: Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I: a data base. Scientia Guaianae, Caracas, No. 8 [1998], 269+ pp.; ISBN 980-6020-48-0.
• Wüster, W.; Yrausquin, J.L.; Mijares-Urrutia, A., 2001: A new species of indigo snake from northwestern Venezuela (Serpentes: Colubridae: Drymarchon). Herpetological Journal, '11 ': 157–165. PDF
• Drymarchon corais at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Western Indigo Snake
Nederlands: Indigoslang
Türkçe: Çivit yılanı

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