Pantherophis bairdi

Pantherophis bairdi

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: Pantherophis
Species: Pantherophis bairdi

Name

Pantherophis bairdi (Yarrow, 1880)

• Holotype: USNM 10403, collected by W.F. von Manteuffel in 1878.
• Type locality: “near Fort Davis, Tex. This post is in the Apache Mountains, 50 miles from the Mexican border or Rio Grande, Northwest of Presidio del Norte”.

Combinations

• Coluber bairdi Yarrow in Cope, 1880: 41 [original combination]
• Elaphe bairdi — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917: 82 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphe obsoleta bairdi — Dowling, 1952: 7 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Elaphe bairdi — Olson, 1977: 84 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
• Pantherophis bairdi — Utiger et al., 2002: 119 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1880. On the zoological position of Texas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 17: 1–51. BHL

Additional references

• Conant, R. & Collins, J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America. 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin: Boston/New York. xx + 450 p.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pantherophis bairdi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 June 2020.
• Hammerson, G.A., Lavin, P. & Mendoza Quijano, F. 2007. IUCN: Pantherophis bairdi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63860A12722977. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63860A12722977.en

Vernacular names

English: Baird's Ratsnake
español: Culebra ratonera del noreste

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