Drymarchon

Drymarchon
Drymarchon couperi, eastern indigo snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Drymarchon
Fitzinger, 1843[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Georgia Baird and Girard, 1853
  • Geoptyas Steindachner, 1867
  • Morenoa Duges, 1905

Drymarchon is a genus of large nonvenomous colubrid snakes, commonly known as indigo snakes or cribos,[3] found in the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.

  1. ^ Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Drymarchon, new genus, p. 26). (in Latin).
  2. ^ McCranie, James R. 1980. Drymarchon, D. corais. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 267: 1-4.
  3. ^ "Cribos and Indigo Snakes" (PDF). madisonherps.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2018-10-21.