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Elaphe quatuorlineata (four-lined snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Coluber quatuorlineatus was named by Lacépède (1789) [species epithet originally spelled "Quatuor-lineatus"]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Elaphe quatuorlineata by Venczel and Vardai (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. dione, E. kochfidischi, E. schrenckii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Coluber quatuorlineatus Lacépède pp. 82 (1st chapt.), 163-164 (2nd chapt.)
2000Elaphe quatuorlineata Venczel and Vardai p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusElapheWagler 1833
speciesquatuorlineata()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Elaphe quatuorlineata Lacépède 1789 [four-lined snake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 15:56:48
Modified: 2005-09-06 17:56:48
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 15 to the top of the MN 16 or 4.16000 to 2.24500 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Elaphe quatuorlineata (35354)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Slovakia (Trenčín) Elaphe quatuorlineata (34255)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Austria (Lower Austria) Elaphe sp. (167680)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Greece Elaphe quatuorlineata (34592)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Croatia (Istria) Elaphe quatuorlineata (40500)