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Greg Schechter, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Carphophis_amoenus_…IMAGE INFORMATION

Coluber amænus

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

By January 1825

Primary Source Reference:

Thomas Say, "Descriptions of Three New Species of Coluber, inhabiting the United States," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 4, part 2 (1825): 237-241, esp. 237-238 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655355

Additional Source Text:

"Read January 25, 1825"

There were four specimens in the Museum.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Worm snake

Current Scientific Name

Carphophis amænus