Thamnophis validus

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: Thamnophis
Species: Thamnophis validus
Subspecies (4): T. v. celaeno – T. v. isabellae – T. v. thamnophisoides – T. v. validus

Name

• Thamnophis validus (Kennicott, 1860)

Holotype: USNM 1309, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Durango, Mexico” (in error), precise locality unkown fide Conant (1969: 83).

Combinations

• Regina valida Kennicott, 1860: 334 [original combination]
• Tropidonotus validus — Cope, 1860: 342 [subsequent combination]
• Natrix valida — Cope, 1892: 670 [subsequent combination]
• Nerodia valida — Rossman & Eberle, 1977: 42 [subsequent combination]
• Thamnophis validus — de Queiroz & Lawson, 1994: 223 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kennicott, R. 1860. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 328–338. 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
• Cope, E.D. [1891] 1892. A critical review of the characters and variations of the snakes of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14: 589–694. BHL
• Conant, R. 1969. A review of the water snakes of the genus Natrix in Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 142: 1–140. handle.
• Rossman, D.A. & Eberle, W.G. 1977. Partition of the genus Natrix, with preliminary observations on evolutionary trends in Natricine snakes. Herpetologica 33(1): 34–43. JSTOR
• de Queiroz, A. & Lawson, R. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships of the garter snakes based on DNA sequence and allozyme vatiation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 53(3): 209–229. DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1994.1069

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Thamnophis validus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2018.
• Ponce-Campos, P. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Thamnophis validus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63995A12728215. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63995A12728215.en

Vernacular names

English: West Coast Garter Snake