Pantherophis bairdi

Pantherophis bairdi

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 bairdi

Name

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Pantherophis bairdi (Yarrow, 1880)

  • Holotype: USNM 10403, collected by W.F. von Manteuffel in 1878.
  • Type locality: “near Fort Davis, Tex. This post is in the Apache Mountains, 50 miles from the Mexican border or Rio Grande, Northwest of Presidio del Norte”.

Combinations

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  • Coluber bairdi Yarrow in Cope, 1880: 41 [original combination]
  • Elaphe bairdiStejneger & Barbour, 1917: 82 [subsequent combination]
  • Elaphe obsoleta bairdiDowling, 1952: 7 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
  • Elaphe bairdiOlson, 1977: 84 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
  • Pantherophis bairdiUtiger et al., 2002: 119 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Conant, R. & Collins, J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America. 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin: Boston/New York. xx + 450 p.
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Vernacular names

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English: Baird's Ratsnake
español: Culebra ratonera del noreste
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