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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Lampropeltini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Slowinski ’s Cornsnake [slowinskii]
G: Slowinski-Kornnatter [slowinskii] 
SynonymElaphe slowinskii BURBRINK 2002
Pantherophis slowinskii — JIANG et al. 2007
Pantherophis slowinskii — CROTHER et al. 2012
Pantherophis slowinskii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 530
Pantherophis emoryi slowinskii — MARSHALL et al. 2021
Pantherophis slowinskii — NICHOLSON et al. 2025 
DistributionUSA (Louisiana, E Texas)

Type locality: Longleaf Pine Highway, 0.5 miles west of Hwy 119, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: LSUM 55922 
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CommentSee also P. guttata.

Distribution: See Marshall et al. 2021 also for a map of the 3 subspecies and the areas of intergradation.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyP. e. slowinskii was named after Joseph Bruno Slowinski (1963-2001), American herpetologist, who died from snakebite at age 38. For an obituary see Donnelly & Crother 2003. For more biographical details see James (2008). 
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