Masticophis mentovarius

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Masticophis
Species: Masticophis mentovarius
Subspecies: M. m. centralis – M. m. mentovarius – M. m. striolatus – M. m. suborbitalis – M. m. variolosus

Name

Masticophis mentovarius (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

• Syntypes (n=2): MNHN 3199, ♀ and MNHN 3331, ♀.
• Type locality: “Mexique”.

Combinations

• Coryphodon mento-varius Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 187 [original combination]
• Bascanium mentovarium — Cope, 1879: 271 [subsequent combination]
• Coluber constrictor mentovarius — Garman, 1883 [subsequent combination]
• Zamenis mentovarius — Boulenger, 1893: 389 [subsequent combination]
• Masticophis mentovarius — Ortenburger, 1923 [subsequent combination]
• Coluber mentovarius — Dunn, 1940 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Ortenburger, A.I. 1923. A note on the genera Coluber and Masticophis and a description of a new species of Masticophis. Occ. Papers. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan No. 139: 1–14.

Additional references

• Wilson, L.D. 1973. Masticophis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 144: 1–2.

Links

• Renjifo, J., Ortega, A., Vazquez Díaz, J., Quintero Díaz, G.E., Hammerson, G.A., Lee, J., Caicedo, J., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2015. IUCN: Masticophis mentovarius  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T198925A115345241. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198925A2545465.en. Accessed on 07 June 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Neotropical Whip Snake