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Corn Snake
Learn to Identify the Taxonomy of the Corn Snake
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Biology
02/06/2011
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Term

 

Species?

 Definition

Elaphe guttata

[or]

Pantherophis guttatus
Term

 

Genus?

 Definition
Elaphe
Term

 

Family?

 Definition
Colubridae
Term

 

Sub-order

 Definition
Serpentes
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Order?

 Definition
Squamata
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Class?

 Definition
Reptilia
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Phylum?

 Definition
Chordata (Vertebrate)
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Kingdom?

 Definition
Animalia
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Domain?

 Definition
Eukarya
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Arboreal
 Definition

 

 

Lives of Resides Trees

 

(the corn snake is arboreal)
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Binomen

 Definition

 


A two-part name given to a species in which the first part is the name of the genus and the second is the specific name.
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Specific Epithet

 Definition

 

 

The second part of the name of the species in binomial nomenclature following the genus.
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Supra-group

 Definition

 

 

Ranked immediately higher than a group.
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Sub-group

 Definition

 

Ranked immediately below a group.
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Infra-group

 Definition

 

 

Ranked immediately below a subgroup.
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Tribe

 Definition

 

 

 

Ranked immediately below a infra-group.
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Epidermal Scales

 Definition

 

Produced by the outer layer of the skin.
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Constriction

 Definition

 

 

Snakes in the family Colubridae kill their prey in this manner.