Thamnophis atratus atratus

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

Thamnophis atratus atratus (Kennicott in Cooper, 1860)

Lectotype: USNM 970A, adult ♂, collected by Richard D. Cutts [Pacific Railroad Expedition] in 1854. [designated by Fitch (1940: 89)]
Type locality: “California”, restricted to “San Francisco, California” by Fitch (1940: 89), corrected to “the Santa Cruz Mountains or southern San Francisco Peninsula” by Boundy (1999: 330).

Cooper, J.G. 1860. Zoological report. No. 4. Report upon the reptiles collected on the survey. pp. 292–306, pls. 12–16, 19–22, 29, 31 in Stevens, I.I. (Ed.). Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-5. Route near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels. Volume 12, Book 2.
Rossman, D.A. & Stewart, G.R. 1987. Taxonomic reevaluation of Thamnophis couchii (Serpentes, Colubridae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University 63: 1–25. PDF Reference page.

English: Santa Cruz Garter Snake