Taxonomy Profile: Elaphe (Fitzinger in Wagler 1833)

Elaphe: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Corn Snakes []
Fox Snakes []
Rat Snakes []
Ratsnakes []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Elaphe: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Colubridae
Colubrids |
Typical Snakes |
Subfamily : Colubrinae
Genus : Elaphe
Corn Snakes |
Fox Snakes |
Rat Snakes |
Ratsnakes |
Elaphe Direct Children(s):
Elaphe bimaculata
(Schmidt 1925)
Elaphe carinata
(Günther 1864)
Elaphe climacophora
(H Boie 1826)
Elaphe davidi
(Sauvage 1884)
Elaphe dione
(Pallas 1773)
Elaphe quadrivirgata
(H Boie 1826)
Elaphe quatuorlineata
(Bonnaterre 1790)
Elaphe schrenckii
(Strauch 1873)
Elaphe sauromates
(Pallas 1811)
Elaphe anomala
(Boulenger 1916)
Elaphe zoigeensis
(Huang Ding Burbrink Yang Huang Ling Chen and Zhang 2012)
Elaphe: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Elaphe
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Elaphe
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Elaphe
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Elaphe
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Elaphe
Elaphe: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Elaphe: Comments