Masticophis flagellum testaceus

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 flagellum
Subspecies: Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Name

Masticophis flagellum testaceus (Say, 1823)

Type locality: Tamaulipas, Chihuahua.

Synonyms

• Coluber testaceus Say, 1823
• Bascanium flagelliforme testaceum — Cope, 1886: 284
• Bascanicum flagelliforme testaceum — Cope, 1893: 387
• Masticophis flngellum testaceus — Smith, 1944
• Masticophis flagellum testaceus — Stebbins, 1985: 182
• Masticophis flagellum testaceus — Conant & Collins, 1991: 187
• Masticophis flagellum testaceus — Crother, 2000: 66
• Coluber flagellum testaceus — Liner, 2007

References

• 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.
• Smith, Hobart M. 1944: Snakes of the Hoogstraal Expeditions to northern Mexico. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 29 (8): 135–152.
• Masticophis flagellum at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Western Coachwhip Terrapin