Pantherophis obsoletus

Pantherophis obsoletus

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 obsoletus
Subspecies: P. o. lindheimerii – P. o. obsoletus – P. o. quadrivittata – P. o. rossalleni

Name

Pantherophis obsoletus (Say, 1823)

Type locality: USA: Kansas, Leavenworth County, Cow Island.

Synonyms

• Elaphe obsoleta Say, 1823: 140
• Georgia obsoleta — Baird & Girard, 1853: 158
• Coluber obsoletus — Boulenger, 1894: 50
• Elaphe obsoleta — Burt, 1935
• Elaphe obsoleta deckerti — Stankowski, 1986
• Elaphe obsoleta — Schulz, 1996
• Pantherophis obsoletus — Utiger et al., 2002
• Pantherophis obsoletus — Böhme, 2005
• Pantherophis obsoletus — Potts & Collins, 2005
• Pituophis obsoletus — Burbrink, 2007

References

• Say, T. 1823: In James, E. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, H. C. Carey & I. Lea.
• 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.
• Potts, George D. & Joseph T. Collins 2005: A Checklist of the Vertebrate Animals of Kansas. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 50 pp.
• Pantherophis obsoletus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 02 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

العربية: أفعى الجُرذان الغربيَّة
English: Eastern Rat Snake
Nederlands: zwarte rattenslang