Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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 cyrtopsis
Subspecies: Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis

Name

Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860)

• Holotype: USNM 8067 (formerly SIM 930), adult ♂, collected by Lieut. Darius Nash Couch in 1853.
• Type locality: “Rinconada, Coahuila, Mexico”, corrected to “about 20 miles northeast of Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, in the state of Nuevo León close to the Nuevo León-Coahuila state line” by Conant in Webb (1966: 58).

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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Thamnophis cyrtopsis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Western Blackneck Garter Snake