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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBascanion lineatum BOCOURT in DUMÉRIL et al. 1890: 700
Masticophis lineatus — TAYLOR 1938: 524
Masticophis flagellum lineatus — SCHMIDT 1947
Masticophis flagellum lineatus — HALL 1951
Coluber lineatus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854
Masticophis lineatus — ORTENBURGER 1928
Coluber striolatus MERTENS 1934 (nom. nov.)
Masticophis flagellum striolatus — SMITH 1941: 393
Masticophis flagellum striolatus — DAVIS & SMITH 1953
Masticophis striolatus striolatus — ZWEIFEL & NORRIS 1955
Masticophis striolatus striolatus — LEWIS 1956
Masticophis lineatus — ZWEIFEL 1960
Masticophis striolatus — HARDY 1969: 184
Masticophis mentovarius striolatus — JOHNSON 1977
Masticophis mentovarius striolatus — WEBB 1984
Masticophis mentovarius striolatus — TANNER 1985: 637
Masticophis striolatus — MEHRTENS 1987: 146
Masticophis lineatus — O’CONNELL & SMITH 2018 
DistributionMexico (Sinaloa, Morelos, Chihuahua near the border of Sonora)

Type locality: Mexico; restricted to Presidio de Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico by Smith and Taylor (1945).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MNHN-RA 1648, adult female, collected by A. A. Duges in 1868; paralectotypes: MNHN-RA 1519-1520, MNHN-RA 1648 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1729 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentO’Connell & Smith 2018 elevated lineatus to full species status. Note that the NCBI Taxonomy and GenBank had no taxon called M. lineatus in November 2023, and the sequences for this species mentioned in O’Connell et al. 2018 still had some cryptic placeholder names in Genbank.

Coluber striolatus Mertens, 1934:190 is substitute name for Bascanion lineatus Bocourt, 1890:700, a junior secondary homonym of Coluber lineatus Linnaeus (=Lygophis lineatus).

Publication date: the Bocourt description was published in 1890 as part of a the multi-volume Mission scientifique au Mexique ..., published from 1870-1909. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin lineatus, lined. [“...cette teinte, étant plus foncée sur le milieu des écailles que sur les côtés, forme deux sortes de lignes longitudinales..."].  (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
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