Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1823
Primary Source Reference:
Thomas Say, in Edwin James, Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and '20, by Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other Gentlemen of the Exploring Party, 2 vols. (Philadelphia, 1823), 2: 48 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216994
Notes:
This snake was also described in Richard Harlan, "Genera of North American Reptilia, and a Synopsis of the Species," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Eastern coachwhip
Current Scientific Name
Masticophis flagellum
