Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Arizona
Species: Arizona elegans
Subspecies: Arizona elegans arenicola
Name
- Arizona elegans arenicola Dixon, 1960: 226 [conserved name ]
Lectotype: BMNH 90.7.30.40. [designated by Williams & Smith (1962: 300)]
Type locality: “Duval County, Texas.”
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 717 (1965).
Combinations
- Arizona elegans arizonae — Dixon, 1959: 22, 25 [unavaliable name]
- Arizona elegans arizonae — Dixon, 1959: 21 [unavaliable name]
References
Primary references
- Dixon, J.R. 1959. Geographic variation and· distribution of the longtailed group of the Glossy Snake, Arizona elegans Kennicott. The Southwestern Naturalist 4(1): 20–29. DOI: 10.2307/3669526 JSTOR
- Dixon, J.R. 1959. Arizona elegans in southeastern Texas. Herpetologica 15(2): 72. JSTOR
- Dixon, J.R. 1960. A New Name for the Snake, Arizona elegans arizonae. Southwestern Naturalist 5(4): 226. DOI: 10.2307/3668949 Reference page.
- Williamns, K.L. & Smith, H.M. 1962. Arizona elegans Kennicott, 1859 (Reptilia): proposed validation under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 19: 298–300.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1965. Opinion 717. Arizona elegans Kennicott, 1859 (Reptilia): validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(1): 19–21. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Crother, B. I. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Herpetogical Circular No. 29: 1–82.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Arizona elegans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 May 2018.