Drymarchon melanurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 melanurus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) [conserved name]

Lectotype: MNHN-RA 3185. [designated by McCranie (1980: 200)]
Type locality: “Mexique”.
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 746 (1965: 184).

Spilotes melanurus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 224 [original combination]
Spilotes corais melanurus — Cope, 1893: 432 [subsequent combination]
Drymarchon corais melanurus — Stejneger, 1899 [subsequent combination]
Drymarchon melanurus — Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia, 2001 [subsequent combination]

Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Premiére partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xvi + 1–780 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1965. Opinion 746. Spilotes melanurus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Reptilia): Validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(3): 184–185. BHL Reference page.
Wüster, W., Yrausquin, J.L. & Mijares-Urrutia, A. 2001. A new species of indigo snake from northwestern Venezuela (Serpentes: Colubridae: Drymarchon). Herpetological Journal 11(4): 157–165. PDF Reference page.

Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P. & Rivas, G. 2017. IUCN: Drymarchon melanurus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T63774A3129309. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T63774A3129309.en. Accessed on 12 February 2023.