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Thornscrub Brown Vinesnake
Oxybelis microphthalmus Barbour and Amaral, 1926

Current SSAR Comments:
See comments under Oxybelis.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Arizona Vine Snake (Oxybelis microphthalmus: 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.); Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Mexican Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus auratus: 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:
1926 Barbour, Thomas and A. D. Amaral. A new North American snake. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9():79-81

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