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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Tropidoclonion
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Tropidoclonion

Lined Snake

Nordamerikanische Streifennatter

Nordamerikansk Stribesnog

1856 Microps Hallowell [not Microps Megerle in Dahl 1823 (Insecta); not Microps Wagler 1828 (Aves); not Microps Wagler 1830 (Amphibia); not Microps Haliday 1833 (Insecta); not Microps Steven 1829 (Insecta); not Microps Agassiz 1833 (Pisces)] (type species: Microps lineatum Hallowell 1856)
1860 Tropidoclonion Cope [substitute name for Microps Hallowell 1856]
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Tropidoclonion.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Tropidoclonion lineatum

Lined Snake

Nordamerikanische Streifennatter

Nordamerikansk Stribesnog

1856 Microps lineatum Hallowell
Tropidoclonium lineatum Cope 1860
1891 Tropidoclonium lineatum iowae Call (Smith & Smith 1963)
1953 Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum Ramsay
1965 Tropidoclonion lineatum mertensi Smith (Smith & Chiszar 1994)

Other common names:
annectans: Central Lined Snake
lineatum: Northern Lined Snake
mertensi: New Mexico Lined Snake
texanum: Texas Lined Snake
Introduced to: USA (Tennessee).
Distribution: USA (Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin).