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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 Virginia
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Virginia

Smooth Earth Snake

Seiden-Erdnatter

Nordamerikansk Silkejordsnog

1853 Virginia Girard in Baird & Girard (type species: Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard 1853)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Haldea (e.g., Schmidt 1953) or vice versa (e.g., Behler & King 1979).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Virginia valeriae

Smooth Earth Snake

Seiden-Erdnatter

Nordamerikansk Silkejordsnog

1853 Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard
Haldea valeriae Stejneger & Barbour 1943
1854 Carphophis harperti Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Schmidt 1953)
1859 Virginia elegans Kennicott
Virginia valeriae elegans Allen 1932
Haldea valeriae elegans Stejneger & Barbour 1943
1954 Haldea valeriae pulchra Richmond
Virginia valeriae pulchra Conant 1975
Virginia pulchra Collins 1991

Other common names:
elegans: Western Earth Snake
pulchra: Mountain Earth Snake
valeriae: Eastern Earth Snake
Remarks: Collins (1991) suggested recognition of pulchra as a separate species. This was not followed by Crother, Boundy, Burbrink & Campbell in Crother (ed.) (2008). Presence in Wisconsin needs confirmation (Casper 2008), since there is only a single record from the state.
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia).