Masticophis aurigulus (COPE, 1861)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Baja California Striped Whip Snake S: Látigo del Cabo
Synonym	Drymobius aurigulus COPE 1861 Bascanium aurigulum COPE 1875 Coluber flagelliformis var. aurigulus — GARMAN 1883: 44 Bascanium laterale aurigulum — COPE 1891 Bascanium laterale — STEJNEGER 1893: 209 Bascanion aurigulum — VAN DENBURGH 1895: 149 Zamensis aurigulus — COPE 1896 Zamensis aurigulus — COPE 1900: 810 Coluber aurigulus STEJNEGER & BARBOUR 1917 Masticophis aurigulus — ORTENBURGER 1923 Masticophis aurigulus — STEBBINS 1985: 243 Masticophis aurigulus aurigulus — GRISMER 1990 Coluber aurigulus — UTIGER et al. 2005 (by implication) Masticophis aurigulus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 417 Masticophis aurigulus — JOHNSON et al. 2017 Masticophis aurigulus — MYERS et al. 2017
Distribution	Mexico (Baja California Sur) Type locality: Cape San Lucas, Lower California
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 5793 Holotype: CAS 49157 [barbouri]
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4010 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	GRISMER 1999 elevated barbouri to full (evolutionary) species status.
Etymology	“The name aurigulus is likely derived from the Latin adjective auriger, meaning gold-bearing, and the suffix -ulus, denoting a tendency and pertains to the goldish coloration of the ventral surfaces and stripes” (GRISMER 1990).
References	Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 292-306 - get paper here Cope, E.D. 1900. The crocodilians, lizards and snakes of North America. Ann. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. 1898: 153-1270 - get paper here Grismer L L 1990. Masticophis aurigulus (Cope). Baja California striped whipsnake. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 499: 1-2 - get paper here Grismer, L. Lee. 1999. An evolutionary classification of reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California, México. Herpetologica 55 (4): 446-469 - get paper here Grismer,L.L 1990. Relationships, taxonomy, and biogeography of the Masticophis lateralis complex in Baja California, Mexico. Herpetologica 46 (1): 66-77 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Johnson, J. D., L. D. Wilson, V. Mata-Silva, E. García-Padilla, and D. L. DeSantis. 2017. The endemic herpetofauna of Mexico: organisms of global significance in severe peril. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(3): 544–620 - get paper here Myers, Edward A.; Jamie L. Burgoon, Julie M. Ray, Juan E. Martínez-Gómez, Noemí Matías- Ferrer, Daniel G. Mulcahy, and Frank T. Burbrink 2017. Coalescent Species Tree Inference of Coluber and Masticophis. Copeia 105 (4): 642-650 - get paper here Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, and Wilson LD. 2023. The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1&2): 57–142 Stebbins,R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston Stejneger, L.H. 1893. Annotated list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with descriptions of new species. North American Fauna, No. 7: 159-228 (+ 14 plates + 4 maps) - get paper here Stejneger, L.H., and T. Barbour 1917. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. 4: i-iv, 1-125 - get paper here Van Denburgh, J.; Slevin, J. R. 1921. Preliminary diagnoses of new species of the peninsula of Lower California, with notes on the species in the collection of the Academy. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 11: 95-98 - get paper here Van Denburgh,J. 1895. A review of the herpetology of Lower California. Part I - Reptiles. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 77-163 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/438202515071019 Google images

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