Thamnophis proximus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Thamnophis proximus (Say, 1823)

Holotype: ?ANSP, collected by T. Say [Long Rocky Mtn. Expedition] between September 1819–June 1820. [lost fide Smith & Taylor (1945: 166)]
Type locality: “stone quarry below Camp Missouri”.

Coluber proximus Say in James, 1823: 187 [original combination]
Tropidonotus proximus — Boie, 1827: 535 [subsequent combination]
Eutainia proxima — Baird & Girard, 1853: 25 [subsequent combination]
Eutaenia proxima — Baird, 1859: 16 [subsequent combination]
Thamnophis proxima — Garman, 1892: 105 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]
Thamnophis proximus — Strecker, 1909: 8 [subsequent combination]

Eutainia faireyi Baird & Girard, 1853: 25
- Syntypes (3): USNM 752, adult ♀; UMMZ; and MCZ; collected by Jas. Fairie.
- Type locality: “Prairie Mer Rouge, La. [=Louisiana]”.

James, E. 1823. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. Volume 1. H.C. Carey & I. Lea: Philadelphia.
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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Thamnophis proximus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2020.
Chaves, G., Lamar, W., Porras, L.W., Solórzano, A., Sunyer, J. & Hammerson, G.A. 2013. IUCN: Thamnophis proximus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T198522A2529292. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198522A2529292.en