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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, Bascanion.

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
—Osteichthyes()
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
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