Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Virginia
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Smooth Earth Snake
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Seiden-Erdnatter
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Nordamerikansk Silkejordsnog
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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.
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Virginia valeriae
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Smooth Earth Snake
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Seiden-Erdnatter
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Nordamerikansk Silkejordsnog
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Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard |
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Haldea valeriae Stejneger & Barbour 1943 |
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Carphophis harperti Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Schmidt 1953) |
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Virginia elegans Kennicott |
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Virginia valeriae elegans Allen 1932 |
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Haldea valeriae elegans Stejneger & Barbour 1943 |
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Haldea valeriae pulchra Richmond |
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Virginia valeriae pulchra Conant 1975 |
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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).
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