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Storeria victa HAY, 1892

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Florida Brown Snake
G: Florida-Braunnatter 
SynonymStoreria 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 
DistributionUSA (Florida)

Type locality: "Banks of the Oklawaha River, Florida."  
Reproductionovoviviparous. 
TypesHolotype: lost (fide CHRISTMAN 1982) 
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CommentThis species was discovered and described from the stomach of a Micrurus fulvius from Florida.

Similar species: Storeria dekayi wrightorum 
EtymologyApparently 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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