Pituophis vertebralis

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

Pituophis vertebralis (Blainville, 1835)

Coluber vertebralis Blainville, 1835: 293 [original combination]
Rhinechis vertebralis — Duméril, 1853: 453 [subsequent combination]
Pituophis vertebralis — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 258 [subsequent combination]
Pituophis catenifer vertebralis — Garman, 1884: 27 [subsequent combination]
Pituophis melanoleucus vertebralis — Stebbins, 1985: 190 [subsequent combination]

Blainville, H.M.D. de 1835. Description de quelques espèces de reptiles de la Californie précédée de l’analyse d’un système général d’herpétologie et d’amphbiologie. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 232–296.

Stull, O.G. 1940. Variations and relationships in the snakes of the genus Pituophis. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 175: 1–225.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pituophis vertebralis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2023.
Brad Hollingsworth, Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Pituophis vertebralis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63875A12723819. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63875A12723819.en. Accessed on 20 June 2023.

English: Cape Gopher Snake