Liodytes pygaea (COPE, 1871)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | Liodytes pygaea cyclas DOWLING 1950 Liodytes pygaea paludis DOWLING 1950 Liodytes pygaea pygaea (COPE 1871) |
Common Names | Black Swamp Snake cyclas: South Florida Swamp Snake paludis: Carolina Swamp Snake pygaea: North Florida Swamp Snake |
Synonym | Contia pygaea COPE 1871: 223 Contia pygaea — GARMAN 1884: 93 Tropidonotus pygaeus — BOULENGER 1893: 228 Seminatrix pygaea — COPE 1895: 678 Contia pygaea — LOENNBERG 1894 Seminatrix pygaea — DOWLING 1950 Seminatrix pygaea — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 160 Seminatrix pygaea — CROTHER et al. 2012 Liodytes pygaea — MCVAY & CARSTENS 2013 Seminatrix pygaea — WALLACH et al. 2014: 665 Liodytes pygaea cyclas (DOWLING 1950) Seminatrix pygaea cyclas — CROTHER 2000 Seminatrix pygaea cyclas — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 162 Seminatrix pygaea cyclas — CROTHER et al. 2012 Liodytes pygaea paludis (DOWLING 1950) Seminatrix pygaea paludis — PALMER & BRASWELL 1995 Seminatrix pygaea paludis — CROTHER 2000 Seminatrix pygaea paludis — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 163 Seminatrix pygaea paludis — CROTHER et al. 2012 Liodytes pygaea pygaea (COPE 1871) Contia pygaea COPE 1871: 223 Seminatrix pygaea pygaea — MEHRTENS 1987: 167 Seminatrix pygaea pygaea — CROTHER 2000 Seminatrix pygaea pygaea — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 161 Seminatrix pygaea pygaea — CROTHER et al. 2012 Liodytes pygaea pygaea — GUYER et al. 2018 |
Distribution | USA (Florida, SE Alabama, S/E Georgia, South Carolina, E North Carolina) cyclas: Florida; type locality: Indian Prairie, 2-8 miles NE of Lakeport, Glades County, Florida. paludis: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia; type locality: Camp Davis, Near hollyridge, Onslow County, North Carolina. pygaea: Florida, S Georgia; Type locality: Volusia [county], Florida |
Reproduction | viviparous. |
Types | Holotype: ANSP 3533 Holotype: UMMZ 91457 [paludis] Holotype: UMMZ 96301 [cyclas] |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Type species: Contia pygaea COPE 1871 is the type species of the genus Seminatrix COPE 1895: 678. See diagnosis in DOWLING 1950. Diagnosis (paludis): ventrals over 126 (M ca. 131). |
Etymology | from Latin “pyga”, from Greek “the rump”; apparently after an unusual condition in the holotype which was more compressed than other specimens. “cyclas” form Greek, “garment ornamented with aborder around the bottom” (DOWLING 1950). |
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