Reptiles Database

Subspecies

Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis (KENNICOTT, 1860)
Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus (COPE, 1880)
Thamnophis cyrtopsis collaris (JAN 1863)
Thamnophis cyrtopsis postremus SMITH 1942
Thamnophis cyrtopsis pulchrilatus (COPE 1885

Synonym

Eutaenia cyrtopsis KENNICOTT 1860: 333
Thamnophis cyrtopsis — COPE 1861: 299
Eutaenia cyrtopsis — COPE 1886: 285
Thamnophis eques cyrtopsis — GLOYD 1942
Thamnophis cyrtopsis — MILSTEAD 1953: 348
Thamnophis cyrtopsis — STEBBINS 1985: 208
Thamnophis cyrtopsis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 302
Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 169
Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 170
Thamnophis cyrtopsis — LINER 1994

Thamnophis cyrtopsis collaris (JAN 1863)
Thamnophis vicinus SMITH 1942
Thamnophis vicinus — SMITH & SMITH 1976
Thamnophis vicinus — LINER 1994

Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus (COPE, 1880)
Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus — CROTHER 2000
Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus — JEANSONNE 2006
Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus — MATTISON 2007: 146

Thamnophis cyrtopsis postremus Smith 1942
Thamnophis postremus — ROSSMAN et al. 1996
Thamnophis postremus — DE QUEIROZ et al. 2002

Thamnophis cyrtopsis pulchrilatus (Cope 1885)
Eutaenia pulchrilatus COPE 1885: 174
Thamnophis pulchrilatus — ROSSMAN et al. 1996

Holotype

References

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