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
Drymarchon
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Indigo Snakes and Cribos
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Indigonattern
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Indigosnoge og Criboer
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1843 |  |
Drymarchon Fitzinger (type species: Coluber corais Boie 1827#) |
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1853 | |
Georgia Baird in Baird & Girard (type species: Coluber couperi Holbrook 1842) |
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1867 | |
Geoptyas Steindachner (type species: Geoptyas collaris Steindachner 1867) |
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1905 | |
Morenoa Dugès (type species: Morenoa orizabensis Dugès 1905) |
Contents:
5 species, of which 2 (40.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included only a single species (corais) with eight subspecies (e.g., McCranie 1980).
Several of these are now now regarded as separate species (couperi, margaritae, melanurus) and an additional new species has been described
(caudomaculatus).
Distribution:
S. USA, Mexico, Central America, South America.
Reported from:
Argentina,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Distrito Federal,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Sao Paulo,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
French Guiana,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Honduras
(incl.
Islas de la Bahia
[Guanaja,
Roatan,
Utila]),
Mexico
(Aguascalientes,
Campeche,
Chiapas,
Chihuahua,
Coahuila,
Colima,
Durango,
Guanajuato,
Guerrero,
Hidalgo,
Jalisco,
Mexico State,
Michoacan,
Morelos,
Nayarit
[incl.
Islas Marias
(Maria Cleofas,
Maria Madre,
Maria Magdalena)],
Nuevo Leon,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Queretaro,
Quintana Roo,
San Luis Potosi,
Sinaloa,
Sonora,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Yucatan,
Zacatecas),
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
USA
(Alabama,
Florida,
Georgia,
Mississippi,
Texas),
Venezuela
(incl.
Margarita).
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Drymarchon caudomaculatus
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Spot-tailed Cribo, Falcon Indigo Snake
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Fleckenschwanz-Cribo
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Plethalet Cribo
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2001 | |
Drymarchon caudomaculatus Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia |
Distribution:
Colombia,
Venezuela.
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Drymarchon corais
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Yellow-tailed Cribo, Tropical Indigo Snake
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Gelbschwanz-Cribo
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Gulhalet Cribo
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1827 | |
Coluber corais Boie |
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Spilotes corais Duméril & Bibron 1854 |
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Drymarchon corais Stejneger 1899 |
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1867 | |
Geoptyas flaviventris Steindachner (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1923 | |
Phrynonax angulifer Werner (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
Remarks:
Now restricted to South America.
Previously included couperi, margaritae, melanurus, and the populations now assigned to caudomaculatus.
Records from North and Central America refer to couperi and melanurus.
Distribution:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Distrito Federal,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Sao Paulo,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela.
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Drymarchon couperi
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Indigo Snake
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Indigonatter
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Indigosnog
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1842 | |
Coluber couperi Holbrook |
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Georgia couperi Baird & Girard 1853 |
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Spilotes couperii Cope 1860 |
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Spilotes corais couperii Lönnberg 1894 |
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Drymarchon corais couperi Strecker 1915 |
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Drymarchon couperi Collins 1991 |
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2016 | |
Drymarchon kolpobasileus Krysko, Granatosky, Nuñez & Smith (syn. Folt, Bauder, Spear, Stevenson, Hoffman, Oaks, Wood, Jenkins, Steen & Guyer 2019; Guyer, Folt, Hoffman, Stevenson, Goetz, Miller & Godwin 2019) |
Other common names:
kolpobasileus: Gulf Coast Indigo Snake
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of corais.
Collins (1991) suggested recognition of couperi as a separate species, which is now generally followed.
Presence in South Carolina is considered doubtful (Enge, Stevenson, Elliott & Bauder 2013; Grosse 2013).
Although it occurred naturally, it is probably extirpated in Alabama, although a small population may still survive (Enge, Stevenson, Elliott & Bauder 2013).
Distribution:
USA
(Florida,
Georgia,
Mississippi).
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Drymarchon margaritae
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Margarita Island Cribo
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Margarita-cribo
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Margarita-cribo
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1959 | |
Drymarchon margaritae Roze |
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Drymarchon corais margaritae Roze 1964 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Fuenmayor, Ugueto, Rivero & Miralles (2005).
Distribution:
Venezuela
(Isla Margarita).
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Drymarchon melanurus
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Central American Indigo Snake, Black-tailed Indigo Snake, Black-tailed Cribo, Grey Cribo
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Schwarzschwanz-Cribo
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Sorthalet Cribo
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1854 | |
Spilotes melanurus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril |
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Spilotes corais melanurus Cope 1893 |
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Drymarchon corais melanurus Stejneger 1899 |
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Drymarchon melanurus Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia 2001 |
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Spilotes erebennus Cope |
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Drymarchon corais erebennus Smith 1941 |
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Drymarchon melanurus erebennus Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia 2001 |
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1867 | |
Geoptyas collaris Steindachner (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1905 | |
Morenoa orizabensis Dugès |
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Drymarchon corais orizabensis Smith 1941 |
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Drymarchon melanurus orizabensis Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia 2001 |
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1941 | |
Drymarchon corais melanocercus Smith [substitute name for Spilotes melanurus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854] (Smith & Chiszar 1989) |
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1941 | |
Drymarchon corais rubidus Smith |
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Drymarchon melanurus rubidus Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia 2001 |
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Drymarchon corais unicolor Smith |
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Drymarchon melanurus unicolor Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia 2001 |
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Drymarchon corais cleofae Brock (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1944 | |
Drymarchon corais obsoletus Schmidt & Owens (Smith & Taylor 1945) |
Other common names:
erebennus: Texas Indigo Snake, Western Indigo Snake
melanurus: Common Central American Indigo Snake
orizabensis: Orizaba Cribo
rubidus: Red-tailed Cribo, Mexican West Coast Cribo
unicolor: Central American Cribo
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia (2001).
Distribution:
Belize,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras
(incl.
Islas de la Bahia
[Guanaja,
Roatan,
Utila]),
Mexico
(Aguascalientes,
Campeche,
Chiapas,
Chihuahua,
Coahuila,
Colima,
Durango,
Guanajuato,
Guerrero,
Hidalgo,
Jalisco,
Mexico State,
Michoacan,
Morelos,
Nayarit
[incl.
Islas Marias
(Maria Cleofas,
Maria Madre,
Maria Magdalena)],
Nuevo Leon,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Queretaro,
Quintana Roo,
San Luis Potosi,
Sinaloa,
Sonora,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Yucatan,
Zacatecas),
Nicaragua,
Panama,
USA
(Texas),
Venezuela.
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