Masticophis bilineatus
Jan, 1867
mas-teh-KOE-fis — bee-lin-ee-AWE-tus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
The date of publication has been corrected. The specific name M. bilineatum was introduced by Jan (1863, Elenco sistematico degli ofidi: vii + 143) as a nomen nudum, and was formally published by Jan (in Jan and Sordelli, 1867, Iconographie generale des ophidiens, volume 2, livraison 22, plate 6).
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Sonoran Racer (Coluber semilineatus: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.); Sonoran Whipsnake (Coluber semilineatus: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.); Sonora Whip Snake (Masticophis bilineatus: 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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1867
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Jan, Giorgio and F. Sordelli. Iconographie Gnrale des Ophidiens. Vol. 2., Livrais 21, Milan, Italy and Paris, France. pp.
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1928
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Ortenburger, Arthur I. The whip snakes and racers: Genera Masticophis and Coluber. Memiors of the University of Michigan Museum (1):1-247
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1973
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Wilson, Larry D. Masticophis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (144):1-2
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1991
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Collins, Joseph T. Viewpoint: A new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibins and reptiles Herpetological Review 22(2):42-43
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1996
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Camper, Jeffrey D. Masticophis bilineatus Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (637):1-4
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2004
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Nagy, Z. T. , R. Lawson, U. Joger and M. Wink. Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia: Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 42:223-233
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2008
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Collins, Joseph T. and Travis W. Taggart. A proposal to retain Masticophis as the generic name for the Coachwhip and Whipsnakes Journal of Kansas Herpetology (27):12
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2014
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Crother, Brian I. The bold taxonomic hypotheses of Collins (1991): 23 years later. Herpetological Review 45(2):268-272
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2017
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Bezy, Robert L., Philip C. Rosen, Thomas R. Van Devender, and Erik F. Enderson. Southern distributional limits of the Sonoran Desert herpetofauna
along the mainland coast of northwestern Mexico Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(1):138-167
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2017
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O'Connell, Kyle A., Jeffrey W. Streicher, Eric N. Smith, and Matthew K. Fujita. Geographical features are the predominant driver of molecular diversification in widely distributed North American whipsnakes. Molecular Ecology 26(20):5729–5751
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