Texas Scarlet Snake
Cemophora coccinea lineri
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- C. c. lineri – Aransas Co, TX – photo by D. Craig McIntyre
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- C. c. lineri – Aransas Co, TX – photo by D. Craig McIntyre
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- C. c. lineri – Aransas Co, TX – photo by Toby Hibbits TCWC
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- C. c. lineri – Aransas Co, TX – photo by D. John Williams
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- C. c. lineri – Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Cemophora c. lineri is only known from several counties located along the Texas Coastal Bend and in south Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: Cemophora c. lineri is protected by the state of Texas as a Threatened species.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cemophora coccinea lineri (Brown & Wilson – 1966)
Genus: Cemophora, Greek – kemos = muzzle + phoros = bearing — ref. pronounced rostral scale
Species: coccinea, Latin – coccineus = scarlet, red like a berry
Subspecies: lineri, honors Ernest A. Liner
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jeager 1962