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Scientific Name

Diadophis punctatus

Scientific Name w/ Auth.

Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Park

Death Valley National Park (DEVA)

Sensitive

No

Park Accepted

Accepted

Record Status

Approved

Park Preferred Common Names

Ring-necked Snake

Park Synonyms

Diadophis amabilis, Diadophis pulchellus

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	Dipsadinae
Genus	Diadophis
Species	Diadophis punctatus

Occurrence

Present

Nativeness

Native

Abundance

Rare

Abundance Notes

First found at DEVA in 2002 (reptile inventory, NPS O&M program) near Scotty's Castle. Likely also occurs in other mountain canyon spring oases.

Management Tags

Exploitation Concern
Many species of reptiles are subject to collection for the pet trade.

Seasonality Tags

Resident

Threatened Endangered Status

State Species of Concern statuses

Ozone Sensitive Status

NatureServe GRank

NatureServe SRank

Observations

0

References

4

Vouchers

1

External Links

0

Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.

Created By

TBP (USGS-CPFS)

Created Date

2/7/2003 12:00:00 AM

Last Modified By

aloar@nps.gov

Last Modified Date

5/23/2014 12:11:03 PM

Notes

Park Species Detail: Voucher specimen collected in 2002 will be added to database at end of reptile inventory (NPS I&M program)., Park Species Data Source: 2002 reptile inventory (NPS I&M program); Persons & Nowak 2006 (654476): Title from DVD: FinalReport_DEVA_AmphibRept_May2006.doc. Local List Details: Crother, B. I. (ed.). 2008. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, pp. 1–84. SSAR Herpetological Circular 37. Online at http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/comm_names/Index.php (last accessed December 10, 2013).

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