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Lampropeltis Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174184

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Stilosoma Brown, 1890
	Common Name(s):	Kingsnakes [English]
		Milk Snakes [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2017

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents
	Infraorder	Alethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
	Family	Colubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes
	Subfamily	Colubrinae Oppel, 1811
	Genus	Lampropeltis Fitzinger, 1843 – Kingsnakes, Milk Snakes
		Direct Children:
	Species	Lampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt, 1886)
	Species	Lampropeltis alterna (Brown, 1901) – Gray-banded Kingsnake, Culebra-real bandas grises, Grey-banded Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott, 1861 – Mexican Milk Snake, Mexican Milksnake
	Species	Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville, 1835) – California Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827) – Prairie Kingsnake, Yellow-bellied Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook, 1838) – Scarlet Milksnake, Scarlet Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis extenuata (Brown, 1890) – Short-tailed Snake, Short-tailed Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird and Girard, 1853) – Central Plains Milksnake, Western Milksnake, Central Plains Milk Snake
	Species	Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766) – Common Kingsnake, Culebra-real común, Eastern Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger, 1902 – Speckled Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor, 1940 – Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake, Knobloch's Mountain Kingsnake, Madrean Mountain Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman, 1884) – Gray-banded Kingsnake, Culebra-real potosina, Mexican Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis micropholis Cope, 1860 – Ecuadorian Milksnake
	Species	Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow, 1882) – Black Kingsnake, Eastern Black Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis polyzona Cope, 1860 – Atlantic Central American Milksnake
	Species	Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope, 1867) – Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake, Culebra-real sonorense, Arizona Mountain Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis ruthveni Blanchard, 1920 – Culebra-real de Ruthven, Ruthvens Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis splendida (Baird and Girard, 1853) – Desert Kingsnake
	Species	Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) – Eastern Milk Snake, Eastern Milksnake, Culebra-real coralillo, couleuvre tachetée
	Species	Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon and Lazcano, 2005
	Species	Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington ex Blainville, 1876) – California Mountain Kingsnake, Culebra-real californiana, St. Helena Mountain Kingsnake

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Lampropeltis

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
	Reference for:	Lampropeltis

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Lampropeltis

	Source:	Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
	Reference for:	Lampropeltis

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Lampropeltis

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:	Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
	Page(s):	iv + 73
	Publisher:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History
	Publication Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-911239-42-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Lampropeltis

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