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Elaphe

Reptilia - Colubridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Elaphe Wagler
1888Elaphis Lydekker p. 251
1905Elaphis boulei De Stefano
1938Palaeoelaphe Gilmore
1979Elaphe Behler and King
1985Elaphe Bachmayer and Szyndlar p. 80
1985Elaphe Holman
1985Elaphe Szyndlar p. 448
1987Elaphe Bachmayer and Szyndlar p. 26
1988Elaphe Carroll
1995Elaphe Parmley and Holman p. 84
2010Elaphe Parmley and Hunter p. 531

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
subfamilyColubrinae
genusElapheWagler 1833

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. Elaphe Wagler 1833
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Elaphe algorensis Szyndlar 1985
Elaphe guttata Linnaeus 1766 [corn snake]
Elaphe kansensis Gilmore 1938
Elaphe kohfidischi Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985
Elaphe kormosi Bolkay 1913
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768
Elaphe nebraskensis Holman 1964
Elaphe obsoleta Say 1823 [black rat snake]
Elaphe paralongissima Szyndlar 1984
Elaphe praelongissima Venczel 1994
Elaphe quatuorlineata Lacépède 1789 [four-lined snake]
Elaphe szyndlari Venczel 1998
Elaphe vulpina Baird and Girard 1853 [fox snake]
Invalid names: Elaphis boulei De Stefano 1905 [nomen dubium], Palaeoelaphe Gilmore 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available