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Taxonomy:
Of the 12 subspecies of Ring-necked Snakes listed by Crother et al.
(2012), two occur in Tennessee: D. p. edwardsii, Northern Ring-necked Snake and
D. p. stictogenys, Mississippi
Ring-necked Snake (Conant and Collins 1998).
Distribution: The Ring-necked Snake
occurs statewide but there are conspicuous gaps in the documented distribution
in the southern half of Middle Tennessee and across an east-west strip of
counties in West Tennessee from Henderson County to the Mississippi River.
Conant and Collins (1998) show D.
p. edwardsi and D. p. stictogenys occupying roughly the eastern and western halves of
the state, respectively, with a zone of intergradation where their ranges
overlap.
Evidence indicating an intergrade population involving
D. p. edwardsi
and
D. p. punctatus in southeastern
Tennessee was presented by Johnson (1958) and Johnson and Webb (1964).
Museum Records by Counties:
Benton—APSU 15620, 15621; LSUMZ
43974; UMMZ 53117.
Bledsoe—FLMNH 87437; LSUMZ 34759; UTKVZC 143.
Blount—AMNH R-139361; FLMNH 87492, 87493; GSMNP 3960, 3962, 3964,
3966, 3967; LSUMZ 43995; NCSM 34504,
34505; USNM 169885,176455, 176494, 176495, 176511, 185644, 226568, 466006,
466007, 466112; USNM (RH 62-134).
Campbell—FLMNH 87442; USNM 87318.
Cannon—APSU 15611; MTSU 40S.
Carroll—APSU 18618; MTSU 103S,
110S.
Carter—AMNH
R-101357; NCSM 13816, 13817; UTKVZC 1432. Cheatham—APSU 4350,
4351, 4474, 5680,
19277. Chester—APSU 13215,
13222.
Claiborne—NLU
60089. Cocke—FLMNH
52888, 87483-87489; NCSM 8459; UMMZ 103579,
103580, 112033; USNM 103109, 184293, 184321-184323, 189832.
Coffee—CMNH R-2684; INHS 17533;
MTSU 51S, 170S-172S.
Cumberland—CMNH 66253; LSUMZ
35480; UTKVZC 98-102.
Decatur—KU 2474,
209847-209854.
DeKalb—SIU R1782-R1795, R3341;
TTU 130, 179, 412, 886, TTU Uncataloged (1 specimen).
Dickson—APSU
1782, 2874; LSUMZ 43989. Fayette—APSU
15505.
Fentress—APSU 6181; UTKVZC 6739. Franklin—FMNH 41888, 41889; LSUMZ
56115; MCZ 60843-60847, 176940; USNM (RH 83-209).
Gibson—MTSU 81S, 108S, 114S-116S.
Greene—FLMNH 67970; UMMZ 178205;
USNM 459889-459891, 465284; USNM (RH 77-79, 82-022).
Grundy—APSU 2943, 14671, 14672;
LSUMZ 56113, 56114. Hamilton—APSU 19618;
FLMNH
87494; KU 91304; MTSU 97S, 98S, 109S; UMMZ 77442.
Hardeman—APSU 15615-15619; LSUMZ
43997.
Hardin—APSU 13216; LSUMZ 43993; MSU 1250.
Henderson—APSU 19364.
Henry—LSUMZ 43942; UMMZ 53385.
Houston—APSU 2326, 3180, 4347.
Humphreys—APSU 4348; USNM
246886.
Jackson—TTU 936.
Johnson—FMNH 59267; USNM 464657.
Knox—UTKVZC 4171, 4172,
4895.
Lake—MSU 1003.
Lawrence—APSU 19891, APSU 19877.
Lewis—APSU 19648, 19649.
Lincoln—APSU 19769.
Marion—MCZ 60842.
Maury—APSU 19231.
McMinn—FLMNH 57117; LSUMZ 35481.
McNairy—APSU 12339.
Meigs—FLMNH 87478; USNM 348547,
USNM (RH 84-076B).
Monroe—FLMNH 87438-87441,
87450-87455, 87463-87476, 87479-87482; LSUMZ 11979, 12603, 22966; TTU 50, 51,
53, 195, 204, 307, 309, 310, 312; TU 16185; UIMNH 94033; USNM 183228-183233,
185736, 187003, 187062, 188834, 348544, 348546, 348548, USNM (RH 76-175, 79-067,
79-070, 79-118, 82-025, 82-108, 82-109, 87-113); UTKVZC 6659, 2222-2225; FLMNH
87456-87458.
Montgomery—APSU 1657, 2039, 2045,2050, 2051, 2332, 2361, 2578, 2585,
2728-2730, 2765, 2956, 2994, 2998, 3017, 3044, 3099, 3498, 3566, 3650-3653,
3921-3926, 5155-5158, 5352, 5361, 5396, 5486, 5575, 6009, 6097, 6105, 14405; NLU
15407, 31515, 31829; UMMZ 77441, 99344, USNM (RH 75-033).
Moore—USNM 467073.
Morgan—USNM 226569, 226570.
Obion—APSU 13208; SIU R-3966; UMMZ
84407.
Overton—LSUMZ 34935; TTU Uncataloged (1 specimen); UTKVZC 4776, 4793.
Perry—APSU 12336-12338, 12340,
12343.
Polk—FLMNH 67983, 87431, 87432, 87444, 87460-87462, 87477; UMMZ
92359; USNM 162643, 466773, USNM (RH 79-073, 79-074, 80-015); UTKVZC 6309, 6327,
6430, 6278-6279, 6316-6319, 6368-6377.
Putnam—TTU 67, 304, 308,
822. Rhea—FLMNH 87434-87436,
87445, 87459.
Scott—APSU 6182; FLMNH
87443; USNM 226571; UTKVZC 6657.
Sevier—AMNH R-129444-129446,
R-66363; CMNH 14482, 59139; FLMNH 87490, 87491, 95138; GSMNP 3958, 3959, 3965,
3969, 3970-3972, 3974, 3976-3978; KU 60997; UIMNH 12361; USNM 168314, 174021,
174022, 174042, 179710, 348545, USNM (RH 61-213, 81-217, 82-122).
Shelby—APSU 12341, 12624, 13214,
15369; CMNH 125780; MSU 1062.
Stewart—APSU 228, 297, 389, 390, 395, 398, 399, 503, 588, 602, 630, 823,
999, 3717, 4951, 4954, 5040, 5789, 5792, 5797, 18084.
Sullivan—UTKVZC
4896.
Sumner—USNM 1969.
Unicoi—AMNH R-101356, R-129313;
LSUMZ 47034; USNM 489286, USNM (RH 84-200).
Union—APSU
19121.
Van
Buren—APSU 18187;
FLMNH 87433; UTKVZC 152.
Warren—TTU Uncataloged (1 specimen).
Washington—UTKVZC 6260, 6275.
Wayne—KU 97831.
White—UTKVZC 6518; TTU 863.
Wilson—TTU 532, 549, 580.
Literature Sources by Counties:
Anderson—Johnson (1964),
Jenkins et al. (2001), Byrd and Fox (2017).
Bedford—Niemiller and Reynolds (2013c).
Benton—Blanchard (1922, 1942).
Blount—King (1939),
Blanchard (1942).
Campbell—Blanchard
(1942).
Carroll—Stevens and Heddon
(1970).
Cheatham—Smith (2009),
Hopkins (2013).
Cocke—Gentry (1956).
Coffee—Miller et al. (2005),
Niemiller (2005).
Cumberland—Blanchard
(1942).
Davidson—Hopkins (1990).
DeKalb—Harris (1967).
Franklin—McCrady and Rodarmor
(1967), Cameron and McCrady (1978).
Grundy—Fontanella
et al. (2008), Cantrell et al. (2013), Fontanella
et al. (2018).
Hamilton—Miller (1996).
Hamblen—Grisnik et al. (2018).
Hardeman—Parker (1948), Norton
(1971), Norton and Harvey (1975).
Hardin—Parker
(1948).
Henderson—Colvin
and Dennison (2013b).
Henry—Blanchard (1922,
1942).
Lawrence—Inman and Miller (2018, 2019).
Lewis—Rohrbach
(2016).
Lincoln—McFerrin and Ennen (2017c).
Maury—Foster et al. (2013).
Monroe—Johnson and Webb
(1964), Freeman and Freeman (1982), Pinou et al. (1995).
Montgomery—Scott
(1967), Scott and Snyder (1968), Scott (1991), Zirkle (1993), Fitch (1998).
Morgan—Paulson et al. (2015).
Obion—Parker (1937a, 1939, 1948),
Anderson (1965).
Overton—Gentry (1941),
DeLotelle (1976).
Polk—Ash (1945).
Roane—Johnson (1964).
Rutherford—Niemiller
et al. (2011).
Sevier—Necker (1934), King
(1939), Wilder (1951), Huheey and Stupka (1967),
Pitts (2015b).
Shelby—Parker
(1948), Hassell (1961),
Davis et al. (2012).
Stewart—Rozelle
(1999), Davenport (2005), Davenport and Scott (2009).
Sullivan—Blanchard
(1942).
Sumner—Yarrow
(1882), Cope (1900), Barbour (1919), Blanchard (1942).
Unicoi—Fontanella et al. (2008).
Union—Nelson
et al. (2012).
Wilson—Jordan et al.
(1968), Jordan, (1986), Niemiller et al. (2011).
Questionable and/or
Erroneous Records: None.
Conservation Status:
None.
Posted: 7 July 2010
Latest Revision: 27 August 2019
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