Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Coluber
Species: Coluber constrictor
Subspecies (11): C. c. anthicus – C. c. constrictor – C. c. etheridgei – C. c. flaviventris – C. c. foxii – C. c. helvigularis – C. c. latrunculus – C. c. mormon – C. c. oaxaca – C. c. paludicola – C. c. priapus
Name
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 [conserved name ]
- Holotype: NHR Lin-456 (formerly MDG), ♀, collected by P. Kalm between September 1748–February 1751, via Mus. Drottn.
- Type locality: “Canada”.
- Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1201 (1982: 22).
Combinations
- Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758: 216 [original combination]
- Bascanion constrictor — Baird & Girard, 1853: 93 [subsequent combination]
- Coryphodon constrictor — Duméril, Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 183 [subsequent combination]
- Zamenis constrictor — Boulenger, 1893: 387 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1982. Opinion 1201. Elapidae Boie, 1827 (Reptilia, Serpentes): ruling to stabilize nomenclature of taxa in this family (and others). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(1): 21–26. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page.
- Stuart, L.C. 1935. A contribution to a knowledge of the herpetology of a portion of the savanna region of Central Peten, Guatemala University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Miscellaneous Publications 29: 1–56.
- Burbrink, F.T., Fontanella, F., Pyron, R.A., Guiher, T.J. & Jimenez, C. 2008. Phylogeography across a continent: The evolutionary and demographic history of the North American racer (Serpentes: Colubridae: Coluber constrictor). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47(1): 274–288. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.10.020
Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Coluber constrictor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 June 2022.
- Hammerson, G.A., Acevedo, M., Ariano-Sánchez, D. & Johnson, J. 2013.IUCN: Coluber constrictor (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T63748A3128579. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63748A3128579.en. Accessed on 08 June 2022.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Schwarznatter
English: Eastern Racer
español: Culebra chirrionera constrictora
français: Couleuvre agile
italiano: Colubro nero
Nederlands: Geelbuikslang
português: Corredora-azul
українська: Полоз чорний
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