Pantherophis flavirufus

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 flavirufus
Subspecies: P. f. flavirufus – P. f. matudai – P. f. pardalinus – P. f. polystichus

Name

Pantherophis flavirufus (Cope, 1867)

Type locality: Mexico: Yucatan.

Synonyms

• Coluber flavirufus Cope, 1867: 319
• Natrix flavirufus — Cope, 1887: 71
• Coluber flavirufus — Boulenger, 1894: 39
• Coluber chlorosoma Günther, 1894: 115 (fide Boulenger, 1894)
• Elaphe flavirufa — Gaige, 1936: 299
• Elaphe flavirufa — Liner, 1994
• Elaphe flavirufa — Schulz, 1996: 273
• Pseudelaphe [sic] flavirufus — Utiger et al., 2002
• Pantherophis flavirufa — Utiger et al., 2002
• Pseudoelaphe flavirufa — Mattison, 2007: 35

References

• Cope, E.D. 1867: Fifth contribution lo the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 18 [1866]: 317–323.
• Gaige, H. 1936: Some reptiles and amphibians from Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ., (457 or 547?): 289–304.
• Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002: Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105–124.
• Pantherophis flavirufus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 01 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Yellow-red Rat Snake