Pantherophis obsoletus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Pantherophis
Species: Pantherophis obsoletus
Subspecies: P. o. lindheimerii - P. o. obsoletus - P. o. quadrivittata - P. o. rossalleni

[edit] Name

Pantherophis obsoletus (Say, 1823)

Type locality: USA: Kansas, Leavenworth County, Cow Island.

[edit] Synonyms

• Elaphe obsoleta Say, 1823: 140
• Georgia obsoleta — Baird & Girard, 1853: 158
• Coluber obsoletus — Boulenger, 1894: 50
• Elaphe obsoleta — Burt, 1935
• Elaphe obsoleta deckerti — Stankowski, 1986
• Elaphe obsoleta — Schulz, 1996
• Pantherophis obsoletus — Utiger et al., 2002
• Pantherophis obsoletus — Böhme, 2005
• Pantherophis obsoletus — Potts & Collins, 2005
• Pituophis obsoletus — Burbrink, 2007

[edit] References

• Say, T. 1823: In James, E. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, H. C. Carey & I. Lea.
• Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002: Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105-124.
• Potts, George D. & Joseph T. Collins 2005: A Checklist of the Vertebrate Animals of Kansas. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 50 pp.
• Pantherophis obsoletus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 02 oct 2008.

[edit] Vernacular names

Internationalization

English: Eastern Rat Snake