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Heterodon  Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174153

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Hog-nosed Snakes [English]
  
    North American Hog-nosed Snakes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyDipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                        GenusHeterodon Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801 – Hog-nosed Snakes, North American Hog-nosed Snakes  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Heterodon gloydi Edgren, 1952 – Dusty Hognose Snake, Dusty Hog-nosed Snake 
                                           Species Heterodon kennerlyi Kennicott, 1860 – Mexican Hog-nosed Snake, Mexican Hog-nose Snake 
                                           Species Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard, 1852 – Western Hog-nosed Snake, Culebra-nariz de cerdo occidental, Western Hognose Snake, Plains Hognose Snake, Plains Hog-nosed Snake 
                                           Species Heterodon platirhinos Latreille, 1801 – Eastern Hog-nosed Snake, Eastern Hognose Snake 
                                           Species Heterodon simus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Southern Hog-nosed Snake, Southern Hognose Snake 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Heterodon    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Heterodon   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Heterodon   
       
  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Heterodon   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Heterodon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Heterodon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zaher, Hussam, Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin, John E. Cadle, Robert W. Murphy, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), vol. 49, no. 11   
  Page(s): 115-153   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0031-1049   
  Notes: doi: 10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001   
  Reference for: Heterodon   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Snake genus Heterodon Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801 (TSN 174153) is a senior homonym of cetacean genus Heterodon Blainville in Desmarest, 1817 (TSN 770859)  
 

 

    

 
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