Opheodrys carinatus

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: Opheodrys
Species: Opheodrys carinatus

Name

Opheodrys carinatus (Grobman, 1984)

• Holotype: AMNH 65637, ♂, collected by C.M. Bogert in 1944.
• Type locality: “Archbold Biological Station, Highlands Co., FL [=Florida]”.

Combinations

• Opheodrys aestivus carinatus Grobman, 1984: 164 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Opheodrys carinatus — Rittmeyer, Elmonier & Ruane, 2021: 349 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Grobman, A.B. 1984. Scutellation variation in Opheodrys aestivus. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 29(3): 153–170. PDF
• Rittmeyer, E.N., Elmonier, A. & Ruane, S. 2021. Phylogeography of the Rough Greensnake, Opheodrys aestivus (Squamata: Colubridae), Using Multilocus Sanger Sequence and Genomic ddRADseq Data. Journal of Herpetology 55(4): 342–354. DOI: 10.1670/20-040 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Florida Rough Greensnake