Drymarchon couperi

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
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Drymarchon
Species: Drymarchon couperi

Name

Drymarchon couperi (Holbrook, 1842)

Synonyms

  • Coluber couperi Holbrook, 1842: 75
  • Georgia Couperi — Baird & Girard, 1853: 92 (?)
  • Drymarchon corais couperi — Conant & Collins, 1991: 191
  • Drymarchon couperi — Crother, 2000: 61
  • Drymarchon kolpobasileus — Krysko et al., 2016: 564

References

  • Holbrook, J.E. 1842. North American Herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. 2nd. edition. J. Dobson: Philadelphia. Volume I: xv + 152 pp., XXIV pls. BHL; Volume II: vi + 142 pp., XX pls. BHL; Volume III: ii + 128 pp., XXX pls. BHL; Volume IV: vi + 138 pp., XXXV pls. BHL; Volume V: vi + 118 pp., XXXVIII pls. BHL Reference page. : Ed. 1, Vol. 3.
  • Conant,R. & Collins, J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
  • 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.
  • Krysko, K.L., Granatosky, M.C., Nuñez, L.P. & Smith, D.J. 2016. A cryptic new species of Indigo Snake (genus Drymarchon) from the Florida Platform of the United States. Zootaxa 4138(3): 549–569. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.7. Reference page. 
  • Folt, B., Bauder, J., Spear, S., Stevenson, D. Hoffman, M., Oaks, J.R., Wood, P.L., Jenkins, C., Steen, D.A., Guyer, C.. 2019. Taxonomic and conservation implications of population genetic admixture, mito-nuclear discordance, and male-biased dispersal of a large endangered snake, Drymarchon couperi. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0214439. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214439 Reference page. 
  • Drymarchon couperi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Indigo Snake
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