Coluber constrictor mormon

Coluber constrictor mormon

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Coluber
Species: Coluber constrictor
Subspecies: Coluber constrictor mormon

Name

Coluber constrictor mormon (Baird & Girard, 1852)

• Holotype: USNM 2012, juvenile ♂, collected by H. Stansbury, date unknown.
• Type locality: “Valley of the Great Salt Lake”, Utah.

Combinations

• Coluber mormon Baird & Girard, 1852: 70 [original combination]
• Masticophis mormon — Baird & Girard, 1853: 101 [subsequent combination]
• Coluber constrictor mormon — Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921: 28 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. First Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 68–70. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Greene, H.W. 1984. Taxonomic status of the Western Racer, Coluber constrictor mormon. Journal of Herpetology 18(2): 210–211.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Coluber constrictor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Western Yellow-bellied Racer