Pantherophis slowinskii

Pantherophis slowinskii

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 slowinskii

Name

Pantherophis slowinskii (Burbrink, 2002)

• Holotype: LSUMZ 55922, ♂, collected by J. Boundy and J.B. Slowinski on 6 May 1993.
• Type locality: “Longleaf Pine Highway, 0.5 miles west of Hwy 119, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana”.
• Etymology: Named after Joseph Bruno Slowinski.

Combinations

• Elaphe slowinskii Burbrink, 2002: 472 [original combination]
• Pantherophis slowinskii — Collins & Taggart, 2008: 17 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Burbrink, F.T. 2002. Phylogeographic analysis of the cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) complex as inferred from maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25(3): 465–476. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00306-8 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jiang Z., Castoe T., Austin C., Burbrink F., Herron M., McGuire J., Parkinson C., Pollock D. 2007. Comparative mitochondrial genomics of snakes: extraordinary substitution rate dynamics and functionality of the duplicate control region. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 123. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-123
• Vaughan, R.K., Dixon, J.R. & Thomas, R.A. 1996. A reevaluation of populations of the corn snake Elaphe guttata (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) in Texas. Texas Journal of Science 48(1): 175–190.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pantherophis slowinskii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 June 2020.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Pantherophis slowinskii  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63865A12715569. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63865A12715569.en

Vernacular names

English: Slowinski’s Cornsnake

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