Pituophis lineaticollis

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: Pituophis
Species: Pituophis lineaticollis
Subspecies (2): P. l. gibsoni – P. l. lineaticollis

Name

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Pituophis lineaticollis (Cope, 1861)

  • Holotype: ANSP 3548. [lost fide Duellman (1960: 607)]
  • Neotype: UMMZ 114668, adult ♀. [designated by Duellman (1960: 607)]
  • Type locality: “Mexico”, redesigned by neotype designation to “24 kilometers northwest of Ciudad Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico”, by Duellman (1960: 607).

Combinations

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  • Arizona lineaticollis Cope, 1861: 300 [original combination]
  • Spilotes lineaticollisCope, 1887: 72 [subsequent combination]
  • Epiglottophis lineaticollisCope, 1891: 156 [subsequent combination]
  • Coluber lineaticollisBoulenger, 1894: 64 [subsequent combination]
  • Pituophis lineaticollisGünther, 1894: 124 [subsequent combination]
  • Pituophis deppei lineaticollisSmith, 1943: 460 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Peters, J.A., Donoso-Barros, R. & Orejas-Miranda, B. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Part II Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Nation. Mus., Washington 297: 347 pp.
  • Liner, E.A. 2007. A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1–60.
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Vernacular names

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English: Middle American Gopher Snake
español: culebra sorda centroamericana