Interesting Facts
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Description
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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]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
- Genus:
Psammophylax
()
- Specific name:
rhombeatus
- (Linnaeus 1758)
- Subspecies:
rhombeatus
- Scientific name: - Psammophylax rhombeatus rhombeatus (Linnaeus 1758)
- Subspecies:
rhombeatus
- Specific name:
rhombeatus
- (Linnaeus 1758)
- Genus:
Psammophylax
(
- 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
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Members of the genus Psammophylax
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
P.acutus (Striped Beaked Snake) · P.rhombeatus (Spotted Or Rhombic Skaapsteker) · P.tritaeniatus (Striped Skaapsteker) · P.tritaeniatus tritaeniatus (Striped Skaapsteker) · P.variabilis (Grey-Bellied Grass Snake)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Bates (1985) Jour. Herp. Ass. Afr. (31): 21-22
- Bauer et al. (1993) Madoqua (Windhoek), 18 (2): 117-145.
- Bauer et al. (2003) Herpetol. Nat. Hist. 8:111-160 [2001]
- Boycott (1992) Ann. Checklist Amph. Rept. Swaziland.
- Broadley (1977) Occ. Pap. natl. Mus. Rhod. 1976 B6 (1): 1-44.
- Daan et al. (1966) Beaufortia 13: 117-144
- Duméril & Bibron (1854) Erpétologie générale Vol. 7/2.
- Fischer (1882) Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Bremen, 7: 225-238 [1882]
- Linnaeus (1758) Systema Naturae.
- Mattison (1995) The Encyclopedia of Snakes. New York: Facts on File, 256 pp.
- Roux (1907) Zool. Jahrb., Abt. Syst., Geogr. Biol. Tiere (Jena), 25: 732-741
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4190591
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]
