Linnaean Classification
- Kingdom:
- Animalia - Animals
- Phylum:
- Chordata - Chordates
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata - Vertebrates
- Class:
- Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 - Reptiles
- Order:
- Squamata Oppel, 1811 - Lizards and Snakes
- Family:
- Colubridae Oppel, 1811 - Harmless Egg-laying Snakes
- Genus:
- Masticophis Baird and Girard, 1853 - Whipsnakes
- Species:
- Masticophis flagellum (Shaw, 1802) - Eastern Coachwhip
Recent Taxonomic Synonyms
- Coluber flagellum