Storeria dekayi

Storeria dekayi

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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Storeria
Species: Storeria dekayi
Subspecies (9): S. d. anomala – S. d. dekayi – S. d. limnetes – S. d. temporalineata – S. d. texana – S. d. tropica – S. d. victa – S. d. wrightorum – S. d. hidalgoensis

Name

Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839)

• Lectotype: ANSP 5832, ♀, collected by C.F. Pickering between 1825–1826. [designated by Trapido (1944: 47)]
• Type locality: “Massachusetts” via lectotype designation.

Combinations

• Coluber dekayi Holbrook, 1839: 121 [original combination]
• Tropidonotus dekayi Holbrook, 1842 [subsequent combination]
• Storeria dekayi — Baird & Girard, 1853 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Holbrook, J.E. 1839. North American herpetology; or, a description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. Vol. I [Second version]. J. Dobson: Philadelphia. 132 pp., 27 pls.
• Trapido, H. 1944. The Snakes of the Genus Storeria. American Midland Naturalist 31(1): 1–83. DOI: 10.2307/2421382 Reference page. 

Links

• Hammerson, G.A., Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Lee, J. 2013. IUCN: Storeria dekayi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T63928A3131331. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63928A3131331.en. Accessed on 18 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Brown Snake