Arizona elegans

Arizona elegans

Класификация

Класификация: 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: Colubrinae
Genus: Arizona
Species: Arizona elegans
Subspecies (8): A. e. arenicola – A. e. candida – A. e. eburnata – A. e. elegans – A. e. expolita – A. e. noctivaga – A. e. occidentalis – A. e. philipi

Име

• Arizona elegans Kennicott in Baird, 1859: 18 [conserved name]

Lectotype: USNM 1722, ♂. [designated by Blanchard (1924: 4)]

Type locality: “Rio Grande; Between Arkansas and Cimarron”, restricted by lectype designation to “Lower Rio Grande”, by Blanchard (1924: 4).

Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 717 (1965).

Combinations

• Pityophis elegans — Cope, 1875: 39 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinechis elegans — Cope, 1886: 284 [subsequent combination]

Синоними

• Coluber arizonae — Boulenger, 1894: 66 [unnecessary replacemnet name]

Позовавания

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. 1859. Reptiles of the boundary, with notes by the naturalists of the survey. in United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, under the orders of Lieut. Col. W.H. Emory, Major First Cavalry, and United States Commissioner. Volume 2, Part 1. Government Printing Office, Washington. 36 pp. + 41 pls. BHL
• Cope, E.D. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia, with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on Geographic distribution: Serpentes: Based on the specimens in the U.S. National Museum. Government Printing Office: Washington. 104 pp. BHL
• Cope, E.D. 1886. Thirteenth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(122): 271–287. BHL JSTOR
• Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.): London. xi + 382 pp. BHL
• Blanchard, F.N. 1924. A new snake of the genus Arizona. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 150: 1–3. handle.
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1965. Opinion 717. Arizona elegans Kennicott, 1859 (Reptilia): validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(1): 19–21. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Arizona elegans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 May 2018.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R., Santos-Barrera, G., Vasquez Díaz, J. & Quintero Díaz, G.E. 2007. IUCN: Arizona elegans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63734A12711788. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63734A12711788.en

Местни имена

English: Glossy Snake

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