Cemophora
Appearance
Cemophora | |
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Cemophora coccinea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Tribe: | Lampropeltini |
Genus: | Cemophora Cope, 1860 |
Species | |
2 recognized species, see article. |
Cemophora is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1] They are endemic to the United States.
Species
- Cemophora coccinea (Blumenbach, 1788)
- Cemophora coccinea coccinea (Blumenbach, 1788) – Florida scarlet snake
- Cemophora coccinea copei Jan, 1863 – northern scarlet snake
- Cemophora lineri (Williams, Brown, & Wilson, 1966)
References
- ^ Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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