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 getula
Subspecies: Lampropeltis getula niger

Name

Lampropeltis getula niger (Yarrow, 1882)

Type locality: S Ohio and adjacent West Virgina to SE Illinois, south to C Alabama, Kentucky.

Synonyms

  • Lampropeltis getula niger (Yarrow, 1882: 438)
  • Lampropeltis getulus nigra — Burt, 1935
  • Lampropeltis getula nigra — Conant, 1938
  • Lampropeltis getulus niger — Seufer & Jauch, 1980
  • Lampropeltis getula niger — Crother, 2000: 64

References

  • Yarrow, H.C. 1882. Description of new species of reptiles and amphibians in the US National Museum. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 5: 438–443.
  • Seufer, H. & Jauch, H. 1980. Die Kettennatter Lampropeltis getulus. Herpetofauna 2 (6): 11–14.
  • Lampropeltis getula at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Black Kingsnake
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