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
Carphophis
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North American Worm Snakes
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Nordamerikanische Wurmnattern
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Nordamerikanske Ormesnoge
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1843 |  |
Carphophis Gervais (type species: Coluber amoenus Say 1825) |
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1843 | |
Carphophiops Gervais in d'Orbigny (type species: Carphophiops vermiformis Gervais in D'Orbigny 1843) |
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1853 | |
Celuta Baird in Baird & Girard (type species: Coluber amoenus Say 1825) |
Contents:
2 species, both of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
USA
(Alabama,
Arkansas,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Nebraska,
New Jersey,
New York
[incl.
Long Island],
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Virginia,
Washington, D.C.,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin).
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Carphophis amoenus
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Eastern Worm Snake
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Östliche Wurmnatter
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Østlig Ormesnog
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1825 | |
Coluber amoenus Say |
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Carphophis amoenus Gervais 1843 |
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1843 | |
Carphophiops vermiformis Gervais in D'Orbigny (Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) |
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1859 | |
Celuta helenae Kennicott |
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Carphophis amoena helenae Blanchard 1924 |
Other common names:
amoenus: Common Eastern Worm Snake
helenae: Midwestern Worm Snake
Remarks:
Previously included vermis.
Distribution:
USA
(Alabama,
Arkansas,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Mississippi,
New Jersey,
New York
[incl.
Long Island],
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Virginia,
Washington, D.C.,
West Virginia).
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Carphophis vermis
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Western Worm Snake
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Westliche Wurmnatter
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Vestlig Ormesnog
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1859 | |
Celuta vermis Kennicott |
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Carphophis amoena vermis Blanchard 1924 |
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Carphophis vermis Collins 1991 |
Remarks:
Clark (1968) and Collins (1991) suggested recognition of vermis as a separate species, which seems to have been followed by most authors (e.g., Conant & Collins 1998; Dixon 2000; Trauth, Robison & Plummer 2004; Daniel & Edmond 2006; Ballinger, Lynch & Smith 2010).
Distribution:
USA
(Arkansas,
Illinois,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Louisiana,
Missouri,
Nebraska,
Oklahoma,
Texas,
Wisconsin).
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