Spilotes pullatus

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

Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Syntypes (n=2): ZMUU 40 (formerly MP), collected by A. Fredrik and NHR Lin-30 (formerly MAFR), via Mus. Drottn.
• Type locality: “Asia” in error.

• Coluber pullatus Linnaeus, 1758: 225 [original combination]
• Spilotes pullatus — Wagler, 1830: 179 [subsequent combination]

• Cerastes mexicanus Laurenti, 1768: 83
• Cerastes coronatus Laurenti, 1768: 83
• Coluber novae Hispaniae Gmelin, 1788: 1088 [unavailable name]
• Coluber variabilis Merrem, 1790: 40
• Coluber plutonius Daudin, 1803: 324
• Coluber Caninana Merrem, 1820: 121
• Coluber variabilis Kuhlii Wied, 1825: 271
• Spilotes pullatus auribundus Cope, 1861: 300
• Spilotes Salvini Günther, 1862: 125
• Herpetodryas incertus Jan, 1863: 81
• Spilotes pullatus anomalepis Bocourt, 1888
• Spilotes microlepis Werner, 1903: 346
• Spilotes pullatus ater Sternfeld, 1920
• Spilotes pullatus argusiformis Amaral, 1929
• Spilotes pullatus maculatus Amaral, 1929

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

• Arzamendia, V., Caicedo, J.R., Fitzgerald, L., Giraudo, A., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Kacoliris, F., Montero, R., Pelegrin, N., Rivas, G., Scrocchi, G., Williams, J., Gonzales, L., Nogueira, C. de C., Gagliardi, G., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Catenazzi, A., Valencia, J. & Murphy, J. 2019. IUCN: Spilotes pullatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T190633A1955620. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T190633A1955620.en. Accessed on 03 December 2025.