Pantherophis guttatus guttatus

Pantherophis guttatus guttatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Pantherophis
Species: Pantherophis guttatus
Subspecies: Pantherophis guttatus guttatus

Name

Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: “Carolina” (Linnaeus, 1766); restricted to USA: South Carolina, Charleston County, vicinity of Charleston.

Holotype: Zoological Museum of Uppsala 147.

Synonyms

• Pantherophis guttata Fitzinger, 1843
• Scotophis guttatus — Baird & Girard, 1853: 78
• Scotophis laetus — Baird & Girard, 1853: 77
• Elaphis guttatus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 273
• Coluber laetus — Boulenger, 1894: 49
• Elaphe laeta — Burt, 1935
• Elaphe laeta — Woodbury, 1942
• Elaphe guttata — Stebbins, 1985: 186
• Elaphe guttata guttata — Conant & Collins, 1991: 194
• Elaphe guttata — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991: 600
• Elaphe guttata — Liner, 1994
• Elaphe guttata — Schulz, 1996: 281
• Elaphe emoryi intermontana Woodbury & Woodbury, 1942

References

• Conant, R. & Collins, J.T. 1991: A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
• Woodbury, Angus M.; Woodbury, Dixson M. 1942: Studies of the rat snake, Elaphe laeta, with description of a new subspecies. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 55: 133-142.
• Pantherophis guttatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 02 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Corn snake