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Masticophis schotti BAIRD & GIRARD, 1853

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesMasticophis schotti ruthveni ORTENBURGER 1923
Masticophis schotti schotti BAIRD & GIRARD 1853 
Common NamesE: Schott's Whipsnake
ruthveni: Ruthven's Whipsnake 
SynonymMasticophis schotti BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 160
Zamenis schotti — COPE 1900: 811
Masticophis taeniatus schotti — GLOYD & CONANT 1934
Masticophis taeniatus schotti — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945: 98
Masticophis taeniatus schotti — SHANNON & SMITH 1949
Masticophis taeniatus schotti — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 188
Masticophis schotti — CAMPER & DIXON 1994
Masticophis schotti — CROTHER 2000: 66
Coluber schotti — UTIGER et al. 2005 (by implication)
Masticophis schotti schotti — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009
Coluber schotti — CROTHER et al. 2012
Masticophis schotti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 419
Masticophis schotti — HEIMES 2016: 110
Masticophis schotti — O’CONNELL et al. 2017
Masticophis schotti — MYERS et al. 2017
Coluber schotti — ROTH-MONZÓN et al. 2018

Masticophis schotti ruthveni ORTENBURGER 1923
Masticophis ruthveni ORTENBURGER 1923
Masticophis taeniatus australis SMITH 1941: 390
Masticophis taeniatus ruthveni — SMITH 1941: 392
Masticophis taeniatus ruthveni — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945: 98
Masticophis taeniatus ruthveni — SHANNON & SMITH 1949
Masticophis taeniatus ruthveni — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 189
Masticophis taeniatus ruthveni — LINER 1994
Masticophis ruthveni — CAMPER & DIXON 1994
Masticophis schotti ruthveni — CROTHER 2000: 66
Masticophis ruthveni — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 322
Masticophis ruthveni — TENNANT 2003: 328
Masticophis schotti ruthveni — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009
Coluber schotti ruthveni — CROTHER et al. 2012 
DistributionUSA (Texas), Mexico (Coahuila, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Guanajuato)

Type locality: Eagle Pass, Texas.

ruthveni: USA (S Texas); Mexico (San Luis Potosi, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Quéretaro); Type locality: Brownsville, Texas.

schotti: USA (S Texas)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 1972
Holotype: UMMZ 57681 [ruthveni]
Holotype: USNM 10240, paratypes: USNM, from “Guanajuato” [australis] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: This species is the only species of Masticophis with 15 dorsal scale rows having both dorsal speckling and red pigment at the angle of the jaw and lacking pale bordering on the head scales. (Camper 1996)


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CommentSynonymy: mostly after CAMPER 1996. The description of australis was apparently based on juveniles, without Smith having seen any adults.

C. schotti ruthveni intergrades with C. taeniatus australis (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1945). 
EtymologyNamed after Arthur Schott. 
References
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