Micruroides euryxanthus euryxanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
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: Elapoidea

Micruroides euryxanthus euryxanthus (Kennicott, 1860)

Holotype: USNM 1122, adult ♂.
Type locality: not given, but the National Museum of Natural History records show its provenience as “Sonora, Mexico”, fide Roze (1974: 163).

Micruroides euryxanthus euryxanthus — Zweifel & Norris, 1955: 246 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]

Kennicott, R. 1860. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 328–338. BHL Reference page.
Zweifel, R.G. & Norris, K.S. 1955. Contribution to the herpetology of Sonora, Mexico; descriptions of new subspecies of snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and miscellaneous collecting notes. American Midland Naturalist 54(1): 230–249. DOI: 10.2307/2422190 JSTOR