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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: Thamnophis atratus
Subspecies: Thamnophis atratus atratus
Name
Thamnophis atratus atratus (Kennicott in Cooper, 1860)
- Lectotype: USNM 970A, adult ♂, collected by Richard D. Cutts [Pacific Railroad Expedition] in 1854. [designated by Fitch (1940: 89)]
- Type locality: “California”, restricted to “San Francisco, California” by Fitch (1940: 89), corrected to “the Santa Cruz Mountains or southern San Francisco Peninsula” by Boundy (1999: 330).
References
Primary references
- Cooper, J.G. 1860. Zoological report. No. 4. Report upon the reptiles collected on the survey. pp. 292–306, pls. 12–16, 19–22, 29, 31 in Stevens, I.I. (Ed.). Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-5. Route near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels. Volume 12, Book 2.
- Rossman, D.A. & Stewart, G.R. 1987. Taxonomic reevaluation of Thamnophis couchii (Serpentes, Colubridae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University 63: 1–25. PDF Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Thamnophis atratus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 May 2018.