Heterodon kennerlyi

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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Heterodontinae
Genus: Heterodon
Species: Heterodon kennerlyi

Name

• Heterodon kennerlyi Kennicott, 1860: 336

Lectotype: USNM 1282. [designated by Cope (1900: 774)]

Type locality: “Rio Grande; Sonora”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Matamoras, Mexico” (in error); “Sonora” corrected to “south of the Gila River in Santa Cruz or Cochise Co., SE Arizona, USA”, fide Bogert (1939: 198-199), Stejneger (1940: 204) and Stickel (1943: 120).

Combinations

• Heterodon simus kennerlyi — Coues & Yarrow, 1878: 271 [subsequent combination]
• Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi — Cope, 1900: 773 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kennicott, R. 1860. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 328–338. BHL Reference page. 
• Coues, E. & Yarrow, H.C. 1878. Notes on the herpetology of Dakota and Montana. Department of the Interior, United States Geological and Geographical Survey, Extracted from the Bulletin of the Survey 4(1): 259–297.
• Cope, E.D. [1898] 1900. The crocodilians, lizards, and snakes of North America. Report of the United States National Museum 1898: 153–1270 + 36 pls.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Heterodon kennerlyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Hog-nosed Snake