Masticophis bilineatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Masticophis
Species: Masticophis bilineatus

Name

Masticophis bilineatus Jan, 1863

• Holotype: MTD 15523, ♀.
• Type locality: “Messico occid.”.

Synonyms

• Bascanium semilineatum Cope, 1892: 626
  • Holotype: USNM 1981, ♀, collected by A. Schott, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “Colorado River, Arizona”.

• Masticophis bilineatus lineolatus Hensley, 1950: 272
  • Holotype: UIMNH 5611, adult ♂, collected by Max Hensley on 23 May 1949.
  • Type locality: “in the north branch of Alamo Canyon, Ajo Mountains, 12.9 miles south and 5 miles east of the Ajo-Tucson-Sonoyta junction, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima County, Arizona”.

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1863. Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'Icongrafia générale. A. Lombardi: Milano. vii + 143 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Hensley, M.M. 1950. Results of the herpetological reconnaissance in extreme southwestern Arizona and adjacent Sonora, with a description of a new subspecies of sonoran whipsnake, Masticophis bilineatus. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 53(2): 270–288. DOI: 10.2307/3625982

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Masticophis bilineatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 February 2023.
• Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A., Gadsden. H., Quintero Díaz, G.E. & Vazquez Díaz, J. 2007. IUCN: Masticophis bilineatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63847A12721684. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63847A12721684.en. Accessed on 12 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Sonoran Whipsnake