Central American Indigo Snake
Drymarchon melanurus
(Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854)
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas
First instance(s) of published English names:
Indigo Snake (Spilotes erebennus: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Tropical Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais melanurus: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.); Texas Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais erebennus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1854
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Dumeril, A. M. Constant, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste H. A. Dumeril. Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete Des Reptiles. Tome Septieme - Premiere Partie. [General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of Reptiles. Volume Seven - First Part.] Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, France. 780pp.
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1981
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McCranie, James R. Drymarchon, D. corais. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (267):1-4
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2001
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Wuster, Wolfgang, José Luís Yrausquin, and Abraham Mijares. A new species of indigo snake from north-western Venezuela (Serpentes: Colubridae: Drymarchon). Herpetological Journal 11(4):157-165
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