Rhinocheilus lecontei

Rhinocheilus lecontei

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: Rhinocheilus
Species: Rhinocheilus lecontei
Subspecies (2): R. l. lecontei – R. l. tessellatus

Name

Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853: 120

• Holotype: MCZ 137, adult ♂, collected by J.L. LeConte between 1849–1852.
• Type locality: “San Diego, Cal. [=California]”.
• Etymology: Named after John Lawrence LeConte.

Synonymy

• Rhinochilus [sic] lecontei — Cope, 1867: 85
• Rhinochilus [sic] lecontei — Van Denburgh, 1895: 142
• Rhinocheilus lecontei clarus Klauber, 1941 (fide shannon & Humphrey)
• Rhinocheilus lecontei — Stebbins, 1985: 195
• Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus — Conant & Collins, 1991: 213
• Rhinocheilus lecontei — Liner, 1994
• Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei — Liner, 2007
• Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus Garman, 1883: 74
• Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus — Taylor, 1953

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rhinocheilus lecontei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2020.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Rhinocheilus lecontei  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63909A12725667. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63909A12725667.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nasennatter
English: Long-nosed Snake