NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Arizona
  Subfamily - Colubrinae
  Family - Colubridae
  Infraorder - Alethinophidia
  Suborder - Serpentes
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Arizona elegans arenicola
      Subspecies - Arizona elegans candida
      Subspecies - Arizona elegans eburnata
      Subspecies - Arizona elegans elegans
      Subspecies - Arizona elegans noctivaga
      Subspecies - Arizona elegans occidentalis
      Subspecies - Arizona elegans philipi
      Subspecies - Arizona elegans expolita