Drymarchon couperi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superclassis: 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Drymarchon couperi (Holbrook, 1842)

Holotype: ANSP 3937, collected by J.H. Couper between 1829–1842.
Type locality: “dry pine hills, south of the Altamaha” , restricted to “Wayne Co., Georgia” by Schmidt (1953: 193).

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Conant,R. & Collins, J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
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Folt, B., Bauder, J., Spear, S., Stevenson, D. Hoffman, M., Oaks, J.R., Wood, P.L., Jenkins, C., Steen, D.A., Guyer, C.. 2019. Taxonomic and conservation implications of population genetic admixture, mito-nuclear discordance, and male-biased dispersal of a large endangered snake, Drymarchon couperi. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0214439. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214439 Reference page.
Guyer, C., Folt, B., Hoffman, M., Stevenson, D., Goetz, S.W., Miller, M.A. & Godwin, J.C. 2019. Patterns of head shape and scutellation in Drymarchon couperi (Squamata: Colubridae) reveal a single species. Zootaxa 4695(2): 168–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.2.6 Reference page.

Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Drymarchon couperi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63773A12714602. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63773A12714602.en. Accessed on 21 November 2025.