Clonophis kirtlandii

Clonophis kirtlandii

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: Natricinae
Genus: Clonophis
Species: Clonophis kirtlandii

Name

• Clonophis kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856)

Lectotype: USNM 1514, ♀. [designated by Conant (1943: 314)]

Type locality: “Northern Illinois”, restricted to “West Northfield, Cook County, Illinois”, by Conant (1943: 317).

Combinations

• Regina kirtlandii Kennicott, 1856: 95 [original combination]
• Tropidoclonion kirtlandii — Cope, 1860: 340 [subsequent combination]
• Ischnognathus kirtlandi — Jan, 1865: 239 [subsequent combination]
• Tropidonotus kirtlandii — Garman, 1884: 28 [subsequent combination]
• Clonophis kirtlandii — Cope, 1889: 391 [subsequent combination]
• Natrix kirtlandi — Hay, 1892: 504 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kennicott, R. 1856. Description of a new snake from Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 95–96. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1860. Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American reptiles. Ophidia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 339–345. BHL
• Jan, G. 1865. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Potamophilidae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 3: 201–265. BHL
• Garman, S. [1883] 1884. The reptiles and batrachians of North America. Part I. Ophidians. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 8: 1–185. BHL
• Cope, E.D. [1888] 1889. On the snakes of Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11(727): 381–394. BHL
• Hay, O.P. 1892. The batrachians and reptiles of the State of Indiana. Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources 17: 409–609. BHL
• Conant, R. 1943. Studies on North American Water Snakes – I. Natrix kirtlandii (Kennicott). American Midland Naturalist 29(2): 313–341. DOI: 10.2307/2420794 JSTOR

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Clonophis kirtlandii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 May 2018.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Clonophis kirtlandii  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63747A12712865. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63747A12712865.en

Vernacular names

English: Kirtland's Snake

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