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Masticophis flagellum testaceus

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Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Cladus: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neoreptilia
Cladus: Parapleurota
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Masticophis
Species: Masticophis flagellum
Subspecies: Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Name

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Masticophis flagellum testaceus (Say, 1823)

  • Holotype: lost fide Wilson 1973.
  • Type locality: headwaters of Arkansas River near the Rocky Mountains.

Combinations

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  • Coluber testaceus Say, 1823: 48 [original combination]
  • Bascanium flagelliforme testaceum — Cope, 1886: 284 [subsequent combination]
  • Coluber flagellum testaceus — Klauber, 1942 [subsequent combination]
  • Masticophis flagellum testaceus — Schmidt & Owens, 1944 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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  • 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. 2. Philadelphia, H. C. Carey & I. Lea.

Additional references

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  • Smith, Hobart M. 1944. Snakes of the Hoogstraal Expeditions to northern Mexico. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 29(8): 135–152.

Vernacular names

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  • English: Western Coachwhip Terrapin