Scarlet Snake
Cemophora coccinea (Blumenbach, 1788)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Georgia.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Georgia

Counties

Georgia

Greene

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

Assessed in 2007.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

United States

N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Florida

S4 Apparently Secure

Virginia

S4 Apparently Secure

Georgia

S4 Apparently Secure

Alabama

SNR Unranked

Arkansas

S3 Vulnerable

Missouri

S2 Imperiled

South Carolina

S4 Apparently Secure

Oklahoma

S2 Imperiled

Indiana

SH Possibly Extirpated

DE

SH Possibly Extirpated

Maryland

S1 Critically Imperiled

District of Columbia

SH Possibly Extirpated

North Carolina

S3 Vulnerable

Texas

S4 Apparently Secure

Kentucky

S3 Vulnerable

Mississippi

S4 Apparently Secure

Tennessee

S5 Secure

NJ

SNR Unranked

Louisiana

S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125

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