Spilotes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Spilotes
Species: Spilotes pullatus
Name

Spilotes
Vernacular names
English: Chicken Snake

Spilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Spilotes are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1]
Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Spilotes.
References

Genus Spilotes at The Reptile Database.

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Spilotes, p. 23).
Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Spilotes, new genus, p. 179). (in German and Latin).