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Pituophis (gopher snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Pituophis was named by Holbrook (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colubridae by Cope (1875) and Behler and King (1979); and to Colubrinae by Parmley and Holman (1995), Uetz (2005) and Parmley and Hunter (2010).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pituophis Holbrook
1875Pityophis Cope p. 39
1979Pituophis Behler and King
1995Pituophis Parmley and Holman p. 84
2005Pituophis Uetz
2010Pituophis Parmley and Hunter p. 531

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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
genusPituophisHolbrook 1842

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. Pituophis Holbrook 1842 [gopher snake]
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Pituophis melanoleucus Daudin 1803 [pine snake]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available