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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Colubridae
Central American Indigo Snake
Drymarchon melanurus
(Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854)
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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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.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1854
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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