Storeria victa HAY, 1892
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Florida Brown Snake G: Florida-Braunnatter |
Synonym | Storeria victa HAY 1892 Storeria dekayi victa — NEILL 1950: 155 Storeria victa — CHRISTMAN 1980 Storeria dekayi victa — CHRISTMAN 1982 Storeria dekayi victa — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 58 Storeria victa — CROTHER 2000 Storeria victa — CROTHER et al. 2012 Storeria dekayi victa — TÄUFER 2015 Storeria victa — PYRON et al. 2016 |
Distribution | USA (Florida)
Type locality: "Banks of the Oklawaha River, Florida."
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Reproduction | ovovivparous. |
Types | Holotype: lost (fide CHRISTMAN 1982) |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3343 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | This species was discovered and described from the stomach of a Micrurus fulvius from Florida.
Similar species: Storeria dekayi wrightorum |
Etymology | Apparently named after victim, referring to the fact that the holotype was recovered from stomach of a coral snake (fide Beltz 2006). |
References |
- Christman, S. P. 1980. Patterns of geographic variation in Florida snakes. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum of Biological Sciences 25 (3): 1 (157?)-256 - get paper here
- Christman, S. P. 1982. Storeria dekayi (Holbrook). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (306): 1-4. - get paper here
- Crother, B. I. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Herpetological Circular 29: 1-82
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2012. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92
- Hay, Oliver P. 1892. Descriptions of a supposed new species of Storeria from Florida, Storeria victa. Science 19(479):199. - get paper here
- Neill, Wilfred T. 1950. The status of the Florida brown snake, Storeria victa. Copeia 1950 (2): 155-156 - get paper here
- Pyron, R. Alexander; Felisa W. Hsieh, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily M. Lemmon andCatriona R. Hendry 2016. Integrating phylogenomic and morphological data to assess candidate species-delimitation models in brown and red-bellied snakes (Storeria). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016 doi: 10.1111/zoj.12392
- Täufer, Frank 2015. Terraristische Bemerkungen zu den Nattern der Gattung Storeria. Terraria-Elaphe 2015 (5): 22-33 - get paper here
- Tennant, A. & Bartlett, R.D. 2000. Snakes of North America - Eastern and Central Regions. Gulf Publishing, Houston, TX, 588 pp.
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