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Drymarchon corais

Description

The Indigo snake (Drymarchon corais) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. This large colubrid snake is nonvenomous and is immune to other snakes' venom, which allows it to prey on venomous snakes smaller than itself.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7759294https://www.gbif.org/species/7759294
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)110826https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=110826
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Drymarchon : Drymarchon corais
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Drymarchon : Drymarchon corais
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
superorderLepidosauria
orderSquamataOppel 1811
suborderOphidia
-Serpentes
infraorderAlethinophidiaNopcsa 1923
-MacrostomataRitgen 1828
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
-CaenophidiaHoffstetter 1939
superfamilyColubroideaOppel 1811
familyColubridaeOppel 1811
subfamilyColubrinaeOppel 1811
genusDrymarchonFitzinger 1843
speciesDrymarchon coraisBoie 1827
Generic NameDrymarchon
Common Namecribo
Scientific NameDrymarchon corais Boie, 1827
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Drymarchon coraisspeciesbelongs to Coluberstated without evidenceBoie, 1827
Drymarchon coraisspeciesbelongs to Drymarchonstated without evidenceFitzinger, 1843
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Booidea)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Drymarchon)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Holman. 1959. A Pleistocene herpetofauna near Orange Lake, Florida. Herpetologica 15(3):121-125
Common Name(s) Indigo Snake, Indigonatter, Yellow-tail Cribo
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drymarchon_corais

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Drymarchon corais corais
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Drymarchon corais melanocercus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Drymarchon corais orizabensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Drymarchon corais rubidus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Drymarchon corais unicolor
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1827Coluber corais Boie
1843Drymarchon corais Fitzinger
1959Drymarchon corais Holman p. 123

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