Lampropeltis calligaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia 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