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Thamnophis (garter snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Thamnophis was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colubridae by Hay (1930) and Behler and King (1979); and to Natricinae by Holman (1985), Parmley and Holman (1995) and Parmley and Hunter (2010).

Species
T. sirtalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. sauritus

Synonyms
  • Chilopoma was named by Cope (1875) [preoccupied by something else anyway according to Osborn]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Thamnophis by Osborn (1930).

    It was assigned to Colubridae by Cope (1875).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Thamnophis Fitzinger
1875Chilopoma Cope
1930Thamnophis Hay p. 270
1979Thamnophis Behler and King
1985Thamnophis Holman
1995Thamnophis Parmley and Holman p. 85
2010Thamnophis Parmley and Hunter p. 534

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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
genusThamnophisFitzinger 1843

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. Thamnophis Fitzinger 1843 [garter snake]
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†Thamnophis sirtalis Linnaeus
Invalid names: Chilopoma Cope 1875 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available