Thamnophis unilabialis

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: Natricinae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: Thamnophis unilabialis

Name

Thamnophis unilabialis Tanner, 1985

• Holotype: BYU 14217, adult ♀, collected by W.W. Tanner and W.G. Robison on 11 July 1958.
• Type locality: “0.5 mi SW of Bocoyna, Chihuahua, Mexico”.

Combinations

• Thamnophis rufipunctatus unilabialis Tanner, 1985: 648 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Thamnophis unilabialis — Wood et al., 2011: 3869 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Tanner, W.W. 1985. Snakes of Western Chihuahua. Great Basin Naturalist 45(4): 615–676. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Wood, D.A., Vandergast, A.G., Lemos-Espinal, J.A., Fisher, R.N. & Holycross, A.T. 2011. Refugial isolation and divergence in the Narrowheaded Gartersnake species complex (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) as revealed by multilocus DNA sequence data. Molecular Ecology 20(18): 3856–3878. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05211.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Thamnophis unilabialis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 June 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Madrean Narrowheaded Garter Snake