Yellow-red rat snake

Yellow-red rat snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pseudelaphe
Species:
P. flavirufa
Binomial name
Pseudelaphe flavirufa
(Cope, 1867)
Synonyms[2]
  • Coluber flavirufus
    Cope, 1867
  • Natrix flavirufus
    — Cope, 1887
  • Elaphe flavirufa
    — Amaral, 1929
  • Pseudoelaphe flavirufus
    — Mertens & Rosenberg, 1943
  • Pseudelaphe flavirufus
    — Utiger et al., 2002
  • Pantherophis flavirufa
    — Utiger et al., 2002
  • Pseudelaphe flavirufa
    — Wallach et al., 2014

The yellow-red rat snake (Pseudelaphe flavirufa) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico and Central America. Three subspecies are recognized.

  1. ^ Lee, J. (2007). "Pseudelaphe flavirufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63879A12716388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63879A12716388.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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