Pituophis lineaticollis

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Pituophis
Species: Pituophis lineaticollis
Subspecies (2): P. l. gibsoni – P. l. lineaticollis

Name

Pituophis lineaticollis (Cope, 1861)

• Holotype: ANSP 3548. [lost fide Duellman (1960: 607)]
• Neotype: UMMZ 114668, adult ♀. [designated by Duellman (1960: 607)]
• Type locality: “Mexico”, redesigned by neotype designation to “24 kilometers northwest of Ciudad Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico”, by Duellman (1960: 607).

Combinations

• Arizona lineaticollis Cope, 1861: 300 [original combination]
• Spilotes lineaticollis — Cope, 1887: 72 [subsequent combination]
• Epiglottophis lineaticollis — Cope, 1891: 156 [subsequent combination]
• Coluber lineaticollis — Boulenger, 1894: 64 [subsequent combination]
• Pituophis lineaticollis — Günther, 1894: 124 [subsequent combination]
• Pituophis deppei lineaticollis — Smith, 1943: 460 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1887. Catalogue of batrachians and reptiles of Central America and Mexico. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 32: 1–98.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.): London. xi + 382 pp. BHL
• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1885–1902. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Volume 7. Reptilia and Batrachia. R.H. Porter: London. i–xx + 326 pp., 76 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, H.M. 1943. Summary of the collections of snakes and crocodilians made in Mexico under the Walter Rathbone Bacon traveling scholarship. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93(3169): 393–504. BHL
• Duellman, W.E. 1960. A taxonomic study of the middle American snake Pituophis deppei. University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History 10: 599–610. BHL

Additional references

• Peters, J.A., Donoso-Barros, R. & Orejas-Miranda, B. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Part II Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Nation. Mus., Washington 297: 347 pp.
• Liner, E.A. 2007. A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1–60.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pituophis lineaticollis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.
• Acevedo, M., Ponce-Campos, P. & Aguayo, A.G. 2013. IUCN: Pituophis lineaticollis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T63872A3130489. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63872A3130489.en. Accessed on 21 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Middle American Gopher Snake
español: culebra sorda centroamericana