Virginia valeriae elegans

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: Virginia
Species: Virginia valeriae
Subspecies: Virginia valeriae elegans

Name

Virginia valeriae elegans Kennicott, 1859

• Holotype: not designated.
• Type locality: “heavily timbered regions of southern Illinois”, United States.

Combinations

• Virginia elegans Kennicott, 1859: 99 [original combination]
• Virginia valeriae elegans — Blanchard, 1923: 351 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Kennicott, R. 1859. Notes on Coluber calligaster of Say, and a description of a new species of Serpents in the collection of the north Western University of Evanston, Ill. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 98–100. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Virginia valeriae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 October 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Western Earth Snake