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Storeria (brown snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Storeria was named by Baird and Girard (1853). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colubridae by Cope (1875) and Behler and King (1979); and to Natricinae by Holman (1985).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. dekayi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Storeria Baird and Girard
1875Storeria Cope p. 42
1979Storeria Behler and King
1985Storeria Holman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
genusStoreriaBaird and Girard 1853

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Storeria Baird and Girard 1853 [brown snake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 16:04:15
Modified: 2005-09-06 18:04:15
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Storeria indet. (19960)
Pleistocene (glacial)2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Puebla) Storeria sp. (230672)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Storeria sp. (123875 125951)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Storeria dekayi (20422 20423) Storeria sp. (20167 20295 20301)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Storeria dekayi (20318) Storeria sp. (20337)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Storeria dekayi (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Storeria sp. (82258 103358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Storeria sp. (84181)