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Drymarchon melanurus  (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 683032

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Spilotes melanurus A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854
  
  Common Name(s): Middle American Indigo Snake [English]
  
    Blacktail Cribo [English]
  
    Central American Indigo Snake [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyColubrinae Oppel, 1811  
                                        GenusDrymarchon Fitzinger, 1843 – Indigo Snakes  
                                           SpeciesDrymarchon melanurus (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) – Middle American Indigo Snake, Blacktail Cribo, Central American Indigo Snake  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Drymarchon melanurus erebennus (Cope, 1860) – Texas Indigo Snake 
                                              Subspecies Drymarchon melanurus melanurus (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854)  
                                              Subspecies Drymarchon melanurus orizabensis (Dugès, 1905)  
                                              Subspecies Drymarchon melanurus rubidus H. M. Smith, 1941  
                                              Subspecies Drymarchon melanurus unicolor H. M. Smith, 1941  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Drymarchon melanurus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Drymarchon melanurus, Blacktail Cribo [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 43   
  Page(s): 102   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-946681-003   
  Notes: Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/   
  Reference for: Drymarchon melanurus, Central American Indigo Snake [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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