Taxonomy Profile: Serpentes (Linnaeus 1758)

Serpentes: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Suborder
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Snakes []
cobra []
serpente []
serpents []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Serpentes: 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 |
Serpentes Direct Children(s):
Scolecophidia
(Cope 1864)
Alethinophidia
(Nopcsa 1923)
Serpentes: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Serpentes
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Serpentes
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Serpentes
Source:
Reptile Database (2019)
Acquired:
2019-07-09
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Serpentes
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ernst, C. H., and G. R. Zug
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1996-01-01 / 1996-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snakes in Question
Page(s):
203
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-648-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Serpentes
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:
Serpentes
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:
Serpentes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-07-02 / 1999-07-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
Page(s):
xi + 511
Publisher:
The Herpetologists' League
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-893777-01-4/1-893777-00-6
Notes:
Reference for:
Serpentes
Serpentes: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Serpentes: Comments