Spilotes pullatus

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: Spilotes
Species: Spilotes pullatus
Subspecies: There are no longer any subspecies for Spilotes pullatus

Name

Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Type locality: “Asia” (fide Linnaeus, 1758)
- Holotype: RMS
- Original combination: Coluber pullatus

Synonyms

Spilotes pullatus pullatus (LINNAEUS 1758)
Cerastes coronatus LAURENTI 1768: 83
Coluber variabilis MERREM 1790: 40 (fide BOULENGER 1894: 23)
Coluber plutonius DAUDIN 1803: 324
Coluber (Natrix) Caninana MERREM 1820: 121
Coluber variabilis Kuhlii WIED 1825: 271
Spilotes pullatus - WAGLER 1830
Spilotes variabilis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 220
Spilotes megalolepis GÜNTHER 1865: 93
Spilotes variabilis — BOULENGER 1886: 433
Spilotes pullatus - BOULENGER 1894: 23
Spilotes salvini - GÜNTHER 1894 (fide VILLA et al. 1988)
Spilotes megalolepis — BOULENGER 1894: 24
Spilotes pullatus var. ater STERNFELD 1920
Spilotes pullatus pullatus - PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 283
Spilotes pullatus pullatus — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Spilotes megalolepis — ORCES & ALMENDARIZ 1989
Spilotes pullatus pullatus - CEI 1993
Spilotes pullatus pullatus — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Spilotes pullatus mexicanus (LAURENTI 1768)
Cerates mexicanus LAURENTI 1768: 83
Coluber novae Hispaniae GMELIN 1789: 1088 (unavailable, not binomial)
Spilotes pullatus auribundus COPE 1861: 300
Spilotes salvini GÜNTHER 1862: 125
Herpetodryas incertus JAN 1863: 81
Coluber novae-hispaniae BOULENGER 1894: 33
Spilotes microlepis WERNER 1903: 346
Spilotes pullatus mexicanus — AMARAL 1929: 272
Spilotes pullatus mexicanus — SCHMIDT & ANDREWS 1936
Spilotes pullatus mexicanus — TAYLOR 1949: 200
Spilotes pullatus mexicanus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 284

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 225–226. Reference page.
Spilotes pullatus at the New Reptile Database

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Hühnerfresser
English: Chicken Snake, Yellow Rat Snake
español: Serpiente tigre
Nāhuatl: Chichicōātl
português: Caninana
русский: Куроед
українська: Куряча змія