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Coluber constrictor (black racer)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Coluber constrictor was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is NHR (form. MDG) Lin-456 (1380mm female (extant specimen)). It is the type species of Coluber.

It was recombined as Bascanion constrictor by Hay (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gemonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Coluber constrictor Linnaeus
1902Bascanion constrictor Hay p. 480
1930Coluber constrictor Hay p. 269
1955Coluber constrictor Brattstrom p. 151
1985Coluber constrictor Holman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusColuber
speciesconstrictorLinnaeus 1758

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.

Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758 [black racer]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 15:54:48
Modified: 2005-09-06 17:54:48
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Behler and King 1979

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 16.30000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Coluber constrictor (18192)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oklahoma) Coluber constrictor (18076)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Indiana) Coluber constrictor (18320)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Coluber constrictor (19954)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Coluber constrictor (19922 19929 19931 19936 19940)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Coluber constrictor (19927)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Coluber constrictor (123875 124319)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Coluber constrictor (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Coluber constrictor (20290)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Coluber constrictor (20293 20295 20422 20423)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oklahoma) Coluber constrictor (20309)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Coluber constrictor (20354)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Coluber constrictor (20491 180339)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Coluber constrictor (20650 79667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Coluber constrictor (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Coluber constrictor (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Coluber constrictor (20638 154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Coluber constrictor (79630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Coluber constrictor (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Coluber constrictor (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Coluber constrictor (84181)