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Taxonomy:
Of two subspecies of Scarletsnake
listed by Crother et al. (2017), only C.
c. copei (Northern Scarletsnake) occurs in Tennessee (Conant and Collins
1998).
Distribution:
Scarletsnakes have been found across the state from the Blue Ridge Mountains in
the east to the Mississippi Alluvial Plain in the west, but records are
conspicuously lacking in much of West Tennessee, most of Middle Tennessee, and
the counties of upper East Tennessee.
Despite this lack of records, the species has been reported from several
localities north of the Tennessee border in Kentucky (Meade 1991).
Museum Records by Counties:
Anderson—LSUMZ
34758.
Blount—GSMNP 3916.
Cumberland—LSUMZ 35396;
UMMZ 84439. Decatur—KU 2473.
Franklin—APSU 6129.
Hamilton—FLMNH 10801.
Hardeman—UMMZ 79214.
Henry—LSUMZ
34930; KU 137762. Knox—UTKVZC
4175.
Meigs—NCSM 8580.
Monroe—FLMNH 10822.
Rutherford—MTSU 88S.
Sevier—GSMNP 3917.
Stewart—APSU 166, 239, 3706; UL 2731.
Wilson—UTKVZC 2874.
Literature Sources by Counties:
Anderson—Byrd
and Fox (2017).
Blount—King (1939), Huheey and Stupka (1967).
Chester—Endsley (1954).
Cumberland—Williams and Wilson
(1967).
Decatur—Williams and
Wilson (1967).
Franklin—McCrady and
Rodarmor (1967), Cameron and McCrady (1978), Miller et al. (2005).
Hamilton—Johnson (1958).
Hardeman—Williams and Wilson
(1967), Norton (1971), Norton and Harvey
(1975).
Monroe—Johnson (1958), Williams and Wilson (1967).
Polk—Ash (1945).
Roane—Johnson (1964).
Sevier—Huheey and Stupka (1967).
Shelby—Parker
(1948).
Wilson—Jordan et al. (1968),
Jordan (1986), Niemiller et al. (2011).
Questionable and/or Erroneous Records:
None.
Conservation Status: None.
Posted: 11 May 2009
Latest Revison: 18 November 2019
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