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Scientific Name
Elaphe obsoleta
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Elaphe obsoleta (Say in James, 1823)
Park
Cape Lookout National Seashore (CALO)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
RAT SNAKE
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Suborder | Serpentes |
| Infraorder | Alethinophidia |
| Family | Colubridae |
| Subfamily | Colubrinae |
| Genus | Pantherophis |
| Species | Elaphe obsoleta |
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Native
Abundance
Uncommon
Seasonality Tags
- Breeder
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
Vouchers
2
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
sac - I & M Office
Created Date
12/13/1999 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
CWright@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
2/14/2012 10:00:56 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: "The Greenish rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta "parallela") was collected on Shackleford by Engles in 1940. It was described by Barbour and Engles as a new subspecies. This individual is the type "parallela" and is now in the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zool., Park Species Data Source: CALO, 1977
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