Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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 Cemophora Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Cemophora North American Scarlet Snakes Nordamerikanische Scharlachnattern Nordamerikanske Skarlagensnoge 1860 Cemophora Cope (type species: Coluber coccineus Blumenbach 1788) 1862 Stasiotes Jan (type species: Coluber coccineus Blumenbach 1788) Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C.). Cemophora coccinea Eastern Scarlet Snake Östliche Scharlachnatter Østlig Skarlagensnog 1766 Coluber doliatus Linnaeus (suppressed, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1967: Opinion 804) Lampropeltis doliatus Hay 1902 1788 Coluber coccineus Blumenbach Cemophora coccinea Cope 1860 1863 Cemophora copei Jan Cemophora coccinea copei Conant 1975 Other common names: coccinea: Florida Scarlet Snake copei: Northern Scarlet Snake Remarks: Previously included lineri. Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C.). Cemophora lineri Texas Scarlet Snake Texas-Scharlachnatter Texas-skarlagensnog 1966 Cemophora coccinea lineri Williams, Brown & Wilson Cemophora lineri Collins 1991 Remarks: Collins (1991) suggested recognition of lineri as a separate species. Validity confirmed by Weinell & Austin (2017). Distribution: USA (Texas).