Lampropeltis floridana

Lampropeltis floridana

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
Subspecies: Lampropeltis floridana

Name

Lampropeltis floridana Blanchard, 1919

• Holotype: USNM 22368, ♀, collected by William Palmer in March 1895.
• Type locality: “Orange Hammock, De Soto County (northeast portion), Florida”.

Combinations

• Lampropeltis getulus floridana Blanchard, 1919: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Lampropeltis floridana — Krysko, Nuñez, Newman & Bowen, 2017: 234 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Synonyms

• Lampropeltis getulus brooksi Barbour, 1919: 2
  • Holotype: MCZ 12456, collected by W.S. Brooks and C.A. Mosier.
  • Type locality: “14 miles southwest of Florida City, Dade Co., Florida (near the Royal Palm State Park, formerly called Paradise Key)”.
• Lampropeltis getulus sticticeps Barbour & Engels, 1942: 101
  • Holotype: MCZ 46469.
  • Type locality: Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, North Carolina.

References

Primary references

• Blanchard, F.N. 1919. Two new snakes of the genus Lampropeltis. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 70: 1–11. hdl: 2027.42/56509 Reference page. 
• Barbour, T. 1919. Another new race of the kingsnake. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 7: 1–3. BHL
• Barbour, T. & Engels, W.L. 1942. Two interesting new snakes. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 20: 101–104. 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. 

Vernacular names

• English: Florida Kingsnake