Bogertophis subocularis subocularis

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Bogertophis
Species: Bogertophis subocularis
Subspecies: Bogertophis subocularis subocularis

Name

Bogertophis subocularis subocularis (Brown, 1901)

• Holotype: ANSP 13733, adult ♂, collected by E. Mayenberg in 1901.
• Type locality: “Davis Mountains, fifty miles southwest of Pecos, near the head of Toyah Creek”.

Combinations

• Coluber subocularis Brown, 1901: 492 [original combination]
• Elaphe subocularis — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917: 84 [subsequent combination]
• Bogertophis subocularis — Dowling & Price, 1988: 52 [subsequent combination]
• Bogertophis subocularis subocularis — Webb, 1990 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Brown, A.E. 1901. A New Species of Coluber from Western Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 53: 492–495.

Additional references

• Crother, B.I. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Herpetogical Circular No. 29: 1–82.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bogertophis subocularis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Trans-Pecos Rat Snake