Gulf Crayfish Snake
Regina rigida sinicola
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- R. r. sinicola – Montgomery Co, TX – photo by Orry Martin
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- R. r. sinicola – Sabine Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- R. r. sinicola – Sabine Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Regina r. sinicola occurs in eastern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Regina rigida sinicola (Huheey – 1959)
Genus: Regina, Latin = queen
Species: rigida, Latin – rigidus = stiff
Subspecies: sinicola, Latin – sinus = a bay of the sea + icola = inhabitant of
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962