Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip)
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COACHWHIP
Masticophis flagellum (Shaw, 1802)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 3 mi E of Wylie, 4
mi E of Wylie near Tx 78, 2.5 SW of Farmersville, and Park Hill Prairie;
Dallas Co.: Lemmon
Lake, gravel pits W of Carrollton, Rowlett Creek at Rowlett Rd., Mt. Creek
Lake area, Mt. Lebanon Encampment, Spring Creek area N of Garland, Cedar
Hill area, and 1 mi S of Camp Wisdom Rd. on Belt Line Rd.;
Denton Co.: 10
mi E of Denton on US 380, 4.7 mi E of Ponder on Ponder Rd., 1.8 mi N
Trinity River and US 380; Ellis
Co.: near Midlothian High
School; Hood Co.: near jct of FM 167 and Tx 171;
Johnson Co.: 4.1
mi E of jct of FM 199 on US 67; Kaufman
Co.: 2 mi W of jct of FM
2965 at Rest Area on I-20; Parker
Co.: .5 mi SW of jct of
FM 1708 on Tin Top Rd., .5 mi NW of I-20 and Brazos River, 1 mi N of Soda
Springs, and near Rio Brazos Estates S of Weatherford;
Somervell Co.: near
jct of US 67 and FM 51, 3 mi S of FM 56 on Tx 144, and .6 SW of FM 204 on
US 67; Tarrant Co.:
below Grapevine Lake dam, 3 mi NE of Keller, White Settlement area,
3 mi SE of Wheatland, 3.4 mi S of Azle, E shore of Lake Arlington, and
Benbrook-Aledo hills; Wise
Co.: Lyndon B. Johnson
Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur, W side of Lake Bridgport, and 3 mi N of
Alvord
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and
Wise
HABITAT: All habitat
areas in the Metroplex
SUBSPECIES: The
eastern coachwhip [M. f. flagellum (Shaw, 1802)] is found in the eastern half of the
Metroplex and the western coachwhip [M.
f. testaceus (Say, 1823)] is found in the western part.
COMMENTS: The eastern
and western coachwhips intergrade over much of the Metroplex with some
specimens banded with dark reddish brown bands, especially in Wise and
Denton Counties.
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