Combinations

• Carphophis straminea — Garman, 1884: 99 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Chilomeniscus cinctus Cope, 1861: 303 [synonymized by Grismer et al. (2002: 27)]

Holotype: MCZ 24.

Type locality: “near Guaymas, east cost Gulf of California.”

• Chilomeniscus punctatissimus Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921: 98 [synonymized by Grismer et al. (2002: 27)]

Holotype: CAS 49156, young ♀.

Type locality: “on Isla Partida, Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California, Mexico.”

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1860. Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 339–345. BHL Reference page. 

• Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Garman, S. [1883] 1884. The reptiles and batrachians of North America. Part I. Ophidians. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 8: 1–185. BHL
• Van Denburgh, J. & Slevin, J.R. 1921. Preliminary diagnoses of new species of reptiles from islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 11(17): 96–98. BHL
• Grismer, L.L., Wong, H. & Galina-Tessaro, P. 2002. Geographic variation and taxonomy of the Sand Snakes, Chilomeniscus (Squamata: Colubridae). Herpetologica 58(1): 18–31. JSTOR

Additional references

• Stebbins,R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
• Mattison, Chris 2007. The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Chilomeniscus stramineus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 May 2018.

• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Gadsden, H. 2007. IUCN: Chilomeniscus stramineus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63744A12712568. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63744A12712568.en