Drymarchon couperi

Drymarchon couperi

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: Drymarchon
Species: Drymarchon couperi

Name

Drymarchon couperi (Holbrook, 1842)

Synonyms

• Coluber couperi Holbrook, 1842: 75
• Georgia Couperi — Baird & Girard, 1853: 92 (?)
• Drymarchon corais couperi — Conant & Collins, 1991: 191
• Drymarchon couperi — Crother, 2000: 61
• Drymarchon kolpobasileus — Krysko et al., 2016: 564

References

• Holbrook, J.E. 1842. North American Herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. 2nd. edition. J. Dobson: Philadelphia. Volume I: xv + 152 pp., XXIV pls. BHL; Volume II: vi + 142 pp., XX pls. BHL; Volume III: ii + 128 pp., XXX pls. BHL; Volume IV: vi + 138 pp., XXXV pls. BHL; Volume V: vi + 118 pp., XXXVIII pls. BHL Reference page. : Ed. 1, Vol. 3.
• Conant,R. & Collins, J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
• Crother, B. I. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Herpetogical Circular, No. 29: 1–82.
• Krysko, K.L., Granatosky, M.C., Nuñez, L.P. & Smith, D.J. 2016. A cryptic new species of Indigo Snake (genus Drymarchon) from the Florida Platform of the United States. Zootaxa 4138(3): 549–569. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.9. Reference page. 
• Folt, B., Bauder, J., Spear, S., Stevenson, D. Hoffman, M., Oaks, J.R., Wood, P.L., Jenkins, C., Steen, D.A., Guyer, C.. 2019. Taxonomic and conservation implications of population genetic admixture, mito-nuclear discordance, and male-biased dispersal of a large endangered snake, Drymarchon couperi. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0214439. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214439 Reference page. 
• Guyer, C., Folt, B., Hoffman, M., Stevenson, D., Goetz, S.W., Miller, M.A. & Godwin, J.C. 2019. Patterns of head shape and scutellation in Drymarchon couperi (Squamata: Colubridae) reveal a single species. Zootaxa 4695(2): 168–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.2.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Drymarchon couperi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Indigo Snake