Virginia valeriae pulchra

Taxonavigation

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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Virginia
Species: Virginia valeriae
Subspecies: Virginia valeriae pulchra

Name

Virginia valeriae pulchra (Richmond, 1954)

• Holotype: CM 32205, adult ♀, collected by N. Richmond on 10 August 1953.
• Type locality: “four miles north of Van, Venango Co., Pa [=Pennsylvania]”, United States.

Combinations

• Haldea valeriae pulchra Richmond, 1954: 251 [original combination]
• Virginia valeriae pulchra — Clark, 1964: 33 [subsequent combination]
• Virginia pulchra — Collins, 1991 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Richmond, N. D. 1954. The ground snake Haldea valeriae in Pennsylvania and West Virginia with description of new subspecies. Annals of Carnegie Museum 33: 251–260. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Virginia valeriae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 October 2019.

Vernacular names

• English: Mountain Earth Snake