Masticophis bilineatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Masticophis
Species: Masticophis bilineatus

Name

Masticophis bilineatus Jan, 1863

  • Holotype: MTD 15523, ♀.
  • Type locality: “Messico occid.”.

Synonyms

  • Bascanium semilineatum Cope, 1892: 626
    • Holotype: USNM 1981, ♀, collected by A. Schott, date unknown.
    • Type locality: “Colorado River, Arizona”.
  • Masticophis bilineatus lineolatus Hensley, 1950: 272
    • Holotype: UIMNH 5611, adult ♂, collected by Max Hensley on 23 May 1949.
    • Type locality: “in the north branch of Alamo Canyon, Ajo Mountains, 12.9 miles south and 5 miles east of the Ajo-Tucson-Sonoyta junction, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima County, Arizona”.

References

Primary references

  • Jan, G. 1863. Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'Icongrafia générale. A. Lombardi: Milano. vii + 143 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Hensley, M.M. 1950. Results of the herpetological reconnaissance in extreme southwestern Arizona and adjacent Sonora, with a description of a new subspecies of sonoran whipsnake, Masticophis bilineatus. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 53(2): 270–288. DOI: 10.2307/3625982

Vernacular names

English: Sonoran Whipsnake
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