Lampropeltis elapsoides

Lampropeltis elapsoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lampropeltis
Subspecies: Lampropeltis elapsoides

Name

Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook, 1838)

• Type material: Unknown.
• Type locality: “South Carolina and Georgia”.

Combinations

• Coluber elapsoides Holbrook, 1838: 123 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber doliatus Linnaeus, 1766 (fide Cope, 1860: 256)
• Coronella doliata Holbrook, 1842 (fide Cope, 1860: 256)
• Ophibolus doliatus — Baird & Girard, 1853: 89
• Coronella doliata — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 621
• Lampropeltis doliata — Cope, 1860: 256
• Lampropeltis triangulum temporalis Cope, 1893
• Ophibolus doliatus triangulus — Largelamb, 1907
• Lampropeltis triangulum virginiana Blanchard, 1920
• Lampropeltis triangulum doliata - Taylor, 1951

References

Primary references

• 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.
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1967. Opinion 804. Coluber doliatus Linnaeus, 1766 (Reptilia): Suppressed under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24(1): 18–19. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ruane, S., Bryson, Jr., R.W., Pyron, R.A. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. Coalescent Species Delimitation in Milksnakes (genus Lampropeltis) and Impacts on Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses. Systematic Biology 63(2): 231–250. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syt099 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lampropeltis elapsoides. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 January 2022.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2019. IUCN: Lampropeltis elapsoides  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T67662850A67662876. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T67662850A67662876.en. Accessed on 30 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Scarlet Kingsnake

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