224 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(4) December 1998 Case 3012 Coluber infernalis B]ainville, 1835 and Eutaenia sirtalis tetrataenia Cope in Yarrow, 1875 (currently Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis and T. s. tetrataenia; Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of the subspecific names by the designation of a neotype for T. s. infernalis Sean J. Barry Section of Evolution and Ecologv. Universitv of California, Davis. California 95616. U.S.A. (Present address: Rowe Program in Genetics, Tapper Hall, University of California. Davis, California 95616. U.S.A.) (e-mail:
[email protected]) Mark R. Jennings National Biological Service. California Science Center, Piedras Blancas Research Station, P. O. Box 70. San Simeon. California 93452. U.S.A. and Research Associate. Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park. San Francisco. California 94118, U.S.A. (e-mail:
[email protected]) Abstract. The purpose of this application is to conserve the usage of the subspecific names of Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis (Blainville, 1835) for the California red-sided garter snake (family colubridae) which is found along the Californian coast, and of T. s. tetrataenia (Cope in Yarrow. 1875) for the San Francisco garter snake from the restricted area of the San Francisco Peninsula. It is possible that the holotype of T. s. infernalis is a specimen of T. s. tetrataenia. formally rendering the name tetrataenia a junior synonym of infernalis. It is proposed that the holotype of infernalis be set aside and a neotype designated in accord with accustomed usage. Keywords. Nomenclature; ta.xonomy; Reptilia; Squamata; colubridae; California red-sided garter snake; San Francisco garter snake; Thamnophis sirtalis infernahs; Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia: California. 1. In 1835 Blainville (pp. 291-292, pi. 26, figs. 3, 3a) described Coluber infernalis, a garter snake, from a specimen collected by Paolo Emilio Botta in 1827 or 1828 (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, catalog no. MNHN 846) from an indeterminate locality in California. Baird & Girard (1853, p. 26) and Bocourt (1892, p. 40) subsequently placed C. infernalis in Eutaenia Baird & Girard. 1853. Van Denburgh & Slevin (1918, p. 198) treated iifeniaUs as a subspecies of Thanmophis sirtalis (Linnaeus. 1758). and Fitch ( 1941 ) restricted the distribution of T. .v. infernalis to the Pacific coast region of California, based on Botta's supposed collecting sites and on consistent taxonomic differences between coastal and interior or northern T sirtalis.
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