Cemophora

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Cemophora
Species (2): C. coccinea – C. lineri
Name

Cemophora Cope, 1860: 241, 244

Type species: Coluber coccineus Blumenbach, 1788, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 241–266. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Rossi, J.V. & Rossi, R. 2003. Snakes of the United States and Canada. Krieger Publishing: Malabar. 576 pp.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Cemophora . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 May 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Scarlet Snakes

Cemophora is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1] The genus contains two species, which are endemic to the United States.
Species

Cemophora coccinea (Blumenbach, 1788)
Cemophora coccinea coccinea (Blumenbach, 1788) – Florida scarlet snake
Cemophora coccinea copei Jan, 1863 – northern scarlet snake
Cemophora lineri (K.L. Williams, B.C. Brown, & Wilson, 1966) – Texas scarlet snake

References

Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Cemophora, p. 213).
Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of the Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 241–266. (Cemophora, new genus, p. 244).
Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). (Genus Cemophora, pp. 111–113).