Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chilomeniscus
Species: Chilomeniscus stramineus
Subspecies: Chilomeniscus stramineus stramineus

Name

Chilomeniscus stramineus stramineus Cope, 1860

Type locality: Mexico (S. Baja California Sur).

Holotype: CAS 49156.

Synonyms

  • Chilomeniscus stramineus Cope, 1860
  • Chilomeniscus cinctus Cope, 1861: 303
  • Chilomeniscus punctatissimus Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921

References

  • Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 13: 292–306.
  • Stebbins,R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
  • Grismer, L. L., H. Wong & P. Galina-Tessaro, 2002. Geographic variation and taxonomy of the Sand Snakes, Chilomeniscus (Squamata: Colubridae). Herpetologica, 58 (1): 18–31.
  • Chilomeniscus stramineus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Variable Sand Snake
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