Thamnophis rufipunctatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida 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 rufipunctatus

Name

Thamnophis rufipunctatus (Cope, 1875)

• Holotype: USNM 8600, collected by H. W. Henshaw in October 1874.
• Type locality: “Southern Arizona”.

Combinations

• Chilopoma rufipunctatum Cope, 1875: 544 [original combination]
• Stypocemus rufipunctatus — Cope, 1885: 387 [subsequent combination]
• Eutaenia rufipuctatus — Cope, 1892: 666 [subsequent combination]
• Thamnophis rufipunctatus — Taylor & Knobloch, 1940: 12 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Atomarchus multimaculatus Cope, 1883: 1300
  • Type material: unknown.
  • Type locality: “San Francisco River, New Mexico, on ranch of Mr. H. C. Wilson, which is near the boundary line of Arizona”.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1875. Chapter IV. pp. 509–584 In Yarrow, H.C. Report upon the collections of batrachians and reptiles made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. Report upon geograph Government Printing office: Washington D.C.

Additional references

• Wood, D.A., Vandergast, A.G., Lemos-Espinal, J.A., Fisher, R.N. & Holycross, A.T. 2011. Refugial isolation and divergence in the Narrowheaded Gartersnake species complex (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) as revealed by multilocus DNA sequence data. Molecular Ecology 20(18): 3856–3878. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05211.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Thamnophis rufipunctatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 June 2020.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Thamnophis rufipunctatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63990A12727179. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63990A12727179.en

Vernacular names

English: Mogollon Narrowheaded Garter Snake