Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Fox's Mountain Meadow Snake
Description
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Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Habitat
Ecology: The species occurs in relictual areas of pine and pine-oak forests
, more specifically it is found in areas containing Pinus durangoensis. It is not present in agricultural areas. It is an oviparous
species.[2]
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Natricinae
()
- Genus:
Adelophis
()
- Rossman & Blaney, 1968
- Specific name:
foxi
- Rossman & Blaney
- Scientific name: - Adelophis foxi Rossman & Blaney
- Specific name:
foxi
- Rossman & Blaney
- Genus:
Adelophis
(
- Subfamily:
Natricinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Adelophis foxi — DE QUEIROZ et al. /i> (2002)
- Adelophis foxi — Liner 1994
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Adelophis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. copei (Cope's Mountain Meadow Snake) · A. foxi (Fox's Mountain Meadow Snake)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. iv + 73. ISBN: 0-911239-42-1.
- Queiroz, A. de, Lawson, R. and Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of North American Garter Snakes (Thamnophis) Based on Four Mitochondrial Genes: How Much DNA Sequence Is Enough? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 315-329.
- Queiroz et al. (2002) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 315-329
- Rossman & Blaney (1968) Occ. pap. Mus. Zool., Louisiana State Univ. (35): 1-12
- Rossman, D.A. and Blaney, R.M. 1968. A new Natricine snake of the genus Adelophis from western Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University 35: 1-12.
- Rossman, D.A. and Wallach, V. 1987. Adelophis Dugès. Mountain meadow snakes. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 408: 1-2.
- Rossman et al. (1987) Cat. Amer. Amph. Rept. No. 408 1987: 1-2
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535815
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-499
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585698
- IUCN ID: 63728
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133810
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
- Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
