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Desert Coachwhip
Masticophis piceus (Cope, 1892)

Current SSAR Comments:
See comments under M. flagellum. The epithet C. piceum was introduced by Cope (1875, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1: 1–104) as a nomen nudum. It was formally proposed by Cope (1892, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14: 589–694), in an issue dated "1891". Crombie (1994, Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (101): 40), gives the date of Cope’s paper in which the formal description appeared as 28 March 1892.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1875 Cope, Edward D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U.S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1():1-104
1892 Cope, Edward D. A critical review of the characters and variations of the snakes of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14():589-694
1994 Crombie, Ronald I. Herpetological publications of the National Museum of Natural History (USNM). 1853-1994. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (101):40

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