Lichanura orcutti
Stejneger, 1889
lie-kan-URR-uh — or-KUT-ai
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
“Northern” was added to the English name to differentiate it from the English name of the genus. The taxonomic authority was corrected by removing the parentheses.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
California Boa (Lichanura rosefusca: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1889
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Stejneger, Leonhard H. Description of two new species of snakes from California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12(766):95-99
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1891
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Stejneger, Leonhard H. On the snakes of the Californian genus Lichanura. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14(878):511-515
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1931
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Klauber, Laurence M. A new subspecies of the California Boa, with notes on the genus Lichanura. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 6(20):305-318
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1933
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Klauber, Laurence M. Notes on Lichanura. Copeia 1933(4):214-215
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1980
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Ottley, John R., R. W. Murphy, and G. V. Smith. The taxonomic status of the rosy boa Lichanura roseofusca (Serpentes: Boidae). The Great Basin Naturalist 40(1):59-62
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1982
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Yingling, R. Peter. Lichanura, L. trivirgata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (294):1-2
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2008
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Wood, Dustin A., Robert N. Fisher, and Tod W. Reeder. Novel patterns of historical isolation, dispersal, and secondary contact across Baja California in the Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(2):484-502
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