Seminatrix pygaea
(Cope, 1871)
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
See comment under Seminatrix.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Florida Miter Snake (Contia pygaea: 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); Black Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: 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.); Mud Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Wright, Albert Hazen. 1950. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186); Pigmy Water Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Wright, Albert Hazen. 1950. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186); Black Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Wright, Albert Hazen. 1950. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186); Red-bellied Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Wright, Albert Hazen. 1950. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186); Red-bellied Mud Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Wright, Albert Hazen. 1950. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186); Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Wright, Albert Hazen. 1950. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186); Swamp Black Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Wright, Albert Hazen. 1950. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186); Florida Water Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Wright, Albert Hazen. 1950. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186); Florida Miter Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Wright, Albert Hazen. 1950. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186); Black Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); South Florida Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea cyclas: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Carolina Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea paludis: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Black Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea pygaea: 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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1871
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Cope, Edward D. Ninth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23:200-224
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1998
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Dorcas, Michael E., Gibbons, J. Whitfield, and Dowling, Herndon G. Seminatrix, S. pygaea Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (679):1-5
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