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tracy from north brookfield,Massachusetts, usa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Autumn_milksnake.jpgIMAGE INFORMATION

Coluber eximius

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

By 1827

Primary Source Reference:

Richard Harlan, American Herpetology , or Genera of North American Reptilia (Philadelphia, 1827), p. 44 / https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044106227192?urlappend=%3Bseq=50

Notes:

Richard Harlan (1796-1843), M.D., was an American paleontologist, anatomist, and physician. He was appointed the Peale Museum's professor of comparative anatomy in April 1821.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Eastern Milksnake

Current Scientific Name

Lampropeltis triangulum