Lampropeltis getula

Lampropeltis getula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lampropeltis
Species: Lampropeltis getula

Name

Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766)

• Holotype: Unknown (D. Garden).
• Type locality: “Carolina”, restricted to “vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina” by Klauber (1948: 6).

Combinations

• Coluber getulus Linnaeus, 1766: 382 [original combination]
• Herpetodryas getulus — Schlegel, 1837: 198 [subsequent combination]
• Coronella getulus — Holbrook, 1842: 95 [subsequent combination]
• Ophibolus getulus — Baird & Girard, 1853: 85 [subsequent combination]
• Lampropeltis getula — Cope, 1860: 254 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber catena Lacépède, 1789 [nomen rejiciendum]
• Coluber labiatus Kuhl, 1820
• Triaeniopholis arenarius Werner, 1924
• Lampropeltis getulus sticticeps Barbour & Engels, 1942 (part)
• Lampropeltis getulus goini Neill & Allen, 1949

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page. 
• Klauber, L.M. 1948. Some misapplications of the Linnaean names applied to American snakes. Copeia 1948(1): 1–14. DOI: 10.2307/1438783 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Krysko, K.L. & Judd, W.S. 2006. Morphological systematics of kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula complex (Serpentes: Colubridae), in the eastern United States. Zootaxa 1193(1): 1–39. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1193.1.1 Reference page. 
• Krysko, K.L., Nuñez, L.P., Newman, C.E. & Bowen, B.W. 2017. Phylogenetics of Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula Complex (Serpentes: Colubridae), in Eastern North America. Journal of Heredity 108(3): 226–238. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esw086 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lampropeltis getula. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 October 2022.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2019. IUCN: Lampropeltis getula  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T67662588A67662645. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T67662588A67662645.en. Accessed on 29 October 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: Eastern Kingsnake
• magyar: Királysikló
• 日本語: コモンキングヘビ

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