Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Subfamily Dipsadinae
These snakes are the New World counterparts of the Pareinae and resemble them in appearance and habits. They live in tropical America.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Dipsadinae
()
- Genus:
Diadophis
()
- Specific name:
amabilis
- Subspecies:
similis
- Scientific name: - Diadophis amabilis similis
- Subspecies:
similis
- Specific name:
amabilis
- Genus:
Diadophis
(
- Subfamily:
Dipsadinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Diadophis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. amabilis · D. amabilis occidentalis · D. amabilis similis · D. anuyi · D. arnyi · D. baliodeirus · D. bipunctatus · D. elinorae · D. lecontei · D. pulchellus · D. punctatus (San Bernardino Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus acricus (Key Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus amabilis (Pacific Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus anthonyi · D. punctatus arnyi (Prairie Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus dugesii · D. punctatus edwardsi · D. punctatus edwardsii (Northern Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus modestus (San Bernardino Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus occidentalis (Northwestern Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus pulchellus (Coralbelly Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus punctatus (Southern Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus regalis (Regal Ringsnake Snake) · D. punctatus similis (San Diego Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus stictogenys (Mississippi Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus vandenburghi (Monterey Ringneck Snake) · D. punctatus vandenburghii · D. punctatus vandenburgii · D. regalis · D. regalis arizonae · D. regalis blanchardi
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Further Reading
- A check list of North American amphibians and reptiles / by Leonhard Stejneger and Thomas Barbour. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; [etc., etc.]1923. ENG url p. 82, p. 89.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 203, p. 47.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 122.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. ENG url p. 357, p. 371.
Notes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 190433
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3968490
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
