Masticophis flagellum testaceus
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Masticophis
Species: Masticophis flagellum
Subspecies: Masticophis flagellum testaceus
Name
[edit]Masticophis flagellum testaceus (Say, 1823)
- Holotype: lost fide Wilson 1973.
- Type locality: headwaters of Arkansas River near the Rocky Mountains.
Combinations
[edit]- 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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- English: Western Coachwhip Terrapin