Thamnophis saurita sackenii

Thamnophis saurita sackenii

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 saurita
Subspecies: Thamnophis saurita sackenii

Name

Thamnophis saurita sackenii (Kennicott, 1859)

• Holotype: NWU unnumbered, collected by Baron Osten Sacken. [presumed lost fide Rossman (1970:1)]
• Type locality: “Florida”, restricted to “Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida” by Schmidt (1953).

Combinations

• Eutaenia sackenii Kennicott, 1859: 98 [original combination]
• Thamnophis saurita var. sackenii — Duméril & Bocourt, 1893: 759 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kennicott, R. 1859. Notes on Coluber calligaster of Say, and a description of a new species of Serpents in the collection of the north Western University of Evanston, Ill. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 98–100. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Thamnophis saurita. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 June 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Peninsula Ribbon Snake