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Scotophis Alleghaniensis
Black snake Black" snake` (sn[=a]k) or Blacksnake Black"snake, n. (Zo["o]l.) A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long. Note: The name is also applied to various other black serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica.

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- resurrected the genus Scotophis for Burbrink's three taxa (i.e., Scotophis alleghaniensis, Scotophis spiloides, and Scotophis obsoletus) in response...
- Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Scotophis vulpinus, new species, pp. 75–76). Behler JL, King FW (1979). National...
- Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Scotophis lindheimerii, new species, pp. 74–75). Behler JL, King FW (1979). The...
- Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Scotophis alleghaniensis, new combination, p. 73). Hallowell E (1856). "Notice of...
- described by Spencer Fullerton Baird and Charles Frédéric Girard in 1853 as Scotophis emoryi. It has often been placed in the genus Elaphe, but phylogenetic...
- Burbrink, 2001 Pantherophis obsoletus spiloides — D. Schmidt & Kunz, 2005 Scotophis spiloides — Collins & Taggart, 2008 Pantherophis spiloides — Pyron & Burbrink...
- subgenera of Pantherophis, of which three are extant and one is extinct: Scotophis Baird & Girard, 1853, for the ratsnakes; †Palaeoelaphe Gilmore, 1938,...
- Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Subfamily: Colubrinae Genus: Elaphe Wagler, 1833 Synonyms Callopeltis, Elaphis, Scotophis...
- Pantherophis bairdi — Utiger et al., 2002 Pituophis bairdi — Burbrink, 2007 Scotophis bairdi — Collins & Taggart, 2008 Pantherophis bairdi — Pyron & Burbrink...
- Pantherophis (=Scotophis)...