Common Names
Common Names in English:
Ocellated Pampas Snake
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:
Tomodon
()
- Specific name:
ocellatus
- Duméril, Bibron & Duméril
- Scientific name: - Tomodon ocellatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril
- Specific name:
ocellatus
- Duméril, Bibron & Duméril
- Genus:
Tomodon
(
- 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
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Tomodon ocellatum DumÉril Bibron & DumÉril 1854: 938
- Tomodon ocellatum DumÉril Bibron & DumÉril 1854: 938
- Tomodon ocellatus — Boulenger 1886: 435
- Tomodon ocellatus - BOULENGER 1896 /i> (3): 121
- Tomodon ocellatus - Cei 1993
- Tomodon ocellatus — Lehr 2002: 205
- Tomodon ocellatus - Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tomodon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. degener · T. dorsatum · T. dorsatus (Pampas Snake) · T. dortatum · T. horrificus · T. lineatum · T. lineatus · T. ocellatum · T. ocellatus (Ocellated Pampas Snake) · T. orestes · T. strigatus · T. trigonatus
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Further Reading
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 189.
- Boulenger (1886) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 18: 423-445
- Duméril & Bibron (1854) Erpétologie générale Vol. 7/2.
- Harvey et al. (2004) Herpetologica 60 (3): 364-372
- Jauch (1979) Herpetofauna 1 (1): 6-9
- Lehr (2002) Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 30, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2545711
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-30440
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 618332
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]
Curator for this page: Juan Pablo Hurtado. Date last reviewed: 1899-12-30
