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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Colubridae
California Lyresnake
Trimorphodon lyrophanes
(Cope, 1860)
Current SSAR 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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First instance(s) of published English names:
Jew's-harp Snake
(
Trimorphodon lyrophanes
: 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);
Lyre Snake
(
Trimorphodon lyrophanes
: Van Denburgh, John.
1922
. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.);
Arizona Lyre Snake
(
Trimorphodon lyrophanes
: 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.);
California Lyre Snake
(
Trimorphodon vandenburghi
: 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:
1860
Cope, Edward D. Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12():339-345
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