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Masticophis piceus
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Coachwhip

Masticophis piceus (Cope, 1892)

Also calledChirrionera (spa) · Eastern Coachwhip · Kutscherpeitschen-Natter (deu) · Lined Coachwhip · Red Coachwhip · San Joaquin Coachwhip · Sonoran Coachwhip

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
USA (Nevada, S California, Arizona, S Utah)
Also published as
Bascanion piceum Cope, 1892; Masticophis flagellum ruddocki Brattstrom & Warren, 1953; Bascanion flagellum frenatum Stejneger, 1893
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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References

  • Cope, E. D. (1893). On the batrachia and reptilia of the plains at latitude 36° 30’. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1893: 386-387.
  • Myers, Stephen J. and Vesta A. Myers. (2014). Coluber (=Masticophis) flagellum (coachwhip) diet / ophiophagy. Herpetological Review 45 (2): 336.
  • Camper, Jeffrey D. (2019). The Reptiles of South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press, 288 Pp. [Review in Copeia 107 (3): 590, 2019].
  • Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL. (1854). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, Xvi + 780 S.
  • Lynch, J. D. (1985). Annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Nebraska. Nebraska Acad. Of Sci., Lincoln, Trans. 13: 33-57.
  • Cobarrubias, E. F., & Daniel Cruz-Sáenz, a. D. L. (2012). Notes on the Herpetofauna of Western Mexico 6: Amphibians and Reptiles of Hostotipaquillo, Jalisco, Mexico. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 47 (2):21-26.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.