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Please help with current taxonomy

Snakeymama Dec 22, 2008 02:42 PM

Hello,

I'd appreciate it greatly if a scientist with up-to-date knowledge of snake taxonomy would tell me the current scientific names of the following three species. If you have the citation of the paper that changed the taxonomy, that would be appreciate too. Happy holidays!

1. Elaphe climacophora in 1984. Is it still the same name today?
2. Crotalus durissus terrificus in SE Brazil. Is this now C. terrificus?
3. Trimeresurus s. stejnegeri from China. I think the genus has changed?

Thank you!
Emily T.

Replies (1)

gemonensis Dec 24, 2008 12:14 PM

Hello,
as I saw at THE TIGR REPTILE DATABASE (http://www.reptile-database.org/), the names are:

Elaphe climacophora
Crotalus durissus terrificus
Viridovipera stejnegeri
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Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloe
Lampropeltis getula californiae
Orthriophis taeniurus friesei
Elaphe helena
Python molurus bivittatus albino
Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus
Cryptelytrops albolabris
Pogona vitticeps
Eublepharis macularius
Pachytriton labiatus
Poecilotheria regalis

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