Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Long-Nosed Snake, Longnose Snake, Texas Longnose Snake, Western Long-Nosed Snake
Common Names in German:
Nasennatter
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
- Subfamily:
Colubrinae
()
- Genus:
Rhinocheilus
()
- Baird & Girard, 1853
- Specific name:
lecontei
- Subspecies:
lecontei
- Scientific name: - Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei
- Subspecies:
lecontei
- Specific name:
lecontei
- Genus:
Rhinocheilus
(
- Subfamily:
Colubrinae
(
- 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
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: March 27, 2000.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Rhinocheilus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. lecontei (Long-Nosed Snake) · R. lecontei lecontei (Long-Nosed Snake)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Brigham Young University science bulletin. 3 1963 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 24.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 203.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 93 1943 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 152.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 12, p. 255, p. 33.
- California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 159.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1979- url p. 36.
- Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1990 [San Diego, Calif.]: San Diego Society of Natural History, 1990- url fig. 2, page 3, p. 5, fig. 3, page 6.
- The Great Basin naturalist. 36 1976 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url , , p. 125, fig. 2, page 156, fig. 3, page 157, p. 311, p. 506, p. 83.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 33 1950 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 357, p. 376.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url , p. 190, p. 290, p. 296, p. 369, p. 6.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2549295
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-26693
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13517530
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 209413
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 415375
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]
