Lampropeltis alterna

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

Lampropeltis alterna (Brown, 1901)

Holotype: ANSP 14977, ♀, collected by E. Meyenberg in 1901–1902.
Type locality: “Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis county, Texas”, restricted to “vicinity of Madera Canyon,

Little Aguja Canyon, and Big Aguja Canyon” by Rhoads & Salmon (2012: 271).

Ophibolus alternus Brown, 1901: 612 [original combination]
Lampropeltis alterna — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917 [subsequent combination]
Lampropeltis mexicana alterna — Gehlback & Baker, 1962 [subsequent combination]

Brown, A.E. 1901. A new species of Ophiobolus from Western Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 53(3): 612–613. BHL

Hammerson, G.A. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Lampropeltis alterna (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63825A12719595. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63825A12719595.en. Accessed on 29 September 2025.