Lampropeltis calligaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lampropeltis
Species: Lampropeltis calligaster
Subspecies: L. c. calligaster – L. c. occipitolineata – L. c. rhombomaculata

Name

Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827)

Synonyms

  • Coluber calligaster Harlan, 1827: 359
  • Ablabes triangulum var. calligaster — Hallowell, 1856: 244
  • Lampropeltis calligaster Cope, 1860: 255

References

  • Harlan, R. 1827. Genera of North American Reptilia, and synopsis of the species. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 5: 317–372.
  • Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part II. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 241–266.
  • Lampropeltis calligaster at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Prairie Kingsnake
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