Northern Scarlet Snake
(Cemophora coccinea copei)
Blumenbach, 1788
Genus
Cemophora
Species
coccinea
Subspecies
copei
Common Name
Northern Scarlet Snake
Other Names
Scarlet Snake, Candy Cane Snake
Conservation
Status
Global: G5
Alabama: S5
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Low Conservation Concern: P4
Taxa that are secure, yet conservation concerns exist because of one of four of the following: relative abundance; limited, disjunct, or peripheral distribution; decreasing population trend/population viability problems; specialized habitat needs/increasing habitat vulnerability due to natural/human-caused factors. Research on specific problems suggested.
Taxon
Cemophora coccinea copei — GUYER et al. 2018
Coluber dumfrisiensis SOWERBY 1804
Natrix dumfrisiensis — FLEMING 1828
Coluber dumfrisiensis — BELL 1939
Coronella coccinea — DE FILIPPI 1840: 177
Heterodon coccineus — DE FILIPPI 1840: 182
Rhinostoma coccineus — HOLBROOK 1842: 125
Simotes coccineus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 637
Cemophora coccinea — COPE 1860: 244
Cemophora coccinea — JAN 1865
Coronella coccinea — JAN 1866
Cemophora coccinea — ALLEN 1932
Cemophora coccinea — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 213
Cemophora coccinea — CROTHER 2000: 57
Cemophora coccinea — CROTHER et al. 2012
Cemophora coccinea — WALLACH et al. 2014: 152
Subspecies
Cemophora coccinea copei JAN, 1863: 231
Cemophora Copei — JAN 1865
Cemophora coccinea copei — PALMER & BRASWELL 1995
Cemophora coccinea copei — CROTHER 2000: 57
Cemophora coccinea copei — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 450
Cemophora coccinea copei — CROTHER et al. 2012
Cemophora coccinea copei — ZAPPALORTI 2012
Cemophora coccinea copei — WEINELL & AUSTIN 2017
Cemophora coccinea copei — GUYER et al. 2018
Description:
Description
Scale distinction: Keeled dorsal scales in 19-21 usually 19 rows (midbody). A single anal plate
Shown in yellow. The scale or scales directly covering the… More. Split subcaudial scales.
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