Virginia valeriae pulchra

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: Virginia
Species: Virginia valeriae
Subspecies: Virginia valeriae pulchra

Name

Virginia valeriae pulchra (Richmond, 1954)

• Holotype: CM 32205, adult ♀, collected by N. Richmond on 10 August 1953.
• Type locality: “four miles north of Van, Venango Co., Pa [=Pennsylvania]”, United States.

Combinations

• Haldea valeriae pulchra Richmond, 1954: 251 [original combination]
• Virginia valeriae pulchra — Clark, 1964: 33 [subsequent combination]
• Virginia pulchra — Collins, 1991 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Richmond, N. D. 1954. The ground snake Haldea valeriae in Pennsylvania and West Virginia with description of new subspecies. Annals of Carnegie Museum 33: 251–260. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Virginia valeriae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 October 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Mountain Earth Snake