Eastern Coachwhip
(Coluber flagellum flagellum)
Shaw, 1802
Genus
Coluber
Species
flagellum
Subspecies
flagellum
Common Name
Eastern Coachwhip
Other Names
Whip Snake
Conservation
Status
Global: G5
Alabama: S3
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Moderate Conservation Concern: P3
Taxa with conservation problems because of insufficient data or because of two of four of the following: small populations; limited, disjunct, or peripheral distribution; decreasing population trend/population viability problems specialized habitat needs/habitat vulnerability due to natural/human caused factors. Research and/or conservation action recommended.
Taxon
Coluber flagellum flagellum — GUYER et al. 2018
Coluber americanus GRAVENHORST 1807
Psammophis flavigularis HALLOWELL 1852: 178
Herpetodryas flagelliformis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 210
Bascanium flagelliforme bicinctum YARROW 1883
Coluber constrictor var. flagelliformis — GARMAN 1884: 42
Zamenis flagelliformis — BOULENGER 1893: 389
Bascanion flagellum frenatum STEJNEGER 1893: 208
Bascanion flagellum — LOENNBERG 1894
Bascanion flagellum frenatum — VAN DENBURGH 1895: 147
Zamenis flagellum var. frenatum — MOCQUARD 1899: 323
Coluber flagellum flagellum — BURT 1935
Coluber flagellum flavi-gularis — BURT 1935
Masticophis flagellum frenatum — TAYLOR 1938: 490
Coluber flagellum flavigularis — FUGLER 1956
Masticophis flagellum — STEBBINS 1985: 181
Masticophis flagellum flagellum — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 186
Masticophis flagellum — LINER 1994
Coluber flagellum — UTIGER et al. 2005 (by implication)
Coluber flagellum — CROTHER et al. 2012
Masticophis flagellum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 418
Masticophis flagellum — O’CONNELL et al. 2017
Masticophis flagellum — MYERS et al. 2017
Subspecies
Masticophis flagellum flagellum (SHAW 1802)
Coluber Flagellum SHAW 1802: 475
Coluber flagellum flagellum — ALLEN 1932
Masticophis flagellum flagellum — CROTHER 2000: 65
Masticophis flagellum flagellum — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 313
Masticophis flagellum flagellum — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009
Coluber flagellum flagellum — GUYER et al. 2018
Description:
Description
Scale distinction: Keeled dorsal scales in 17 rows (midbody) 13 rows (near tail). A divided anal plate
Shown in yellow. The scale or scales directly covering the… More. Split subcaudal scalesAs shown in green. Amphiesma stolata paired subcaudal scales… More.
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