Lampropeltis nigrita

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 nigrita Zweifel & Norris, 1955

Holotype: MVZ 50814, adult ♂, collected by K.S. Norris and R.G. Zweifel on 3 August 1950.
Type locality: “30.6 miles (by road) south of Hermosillo, Sonora”, Mexico.

Lampropeltis getulus nigritus Zweifel & Norris, 1955: 238 [original combination, as subspecies]
Lampropeltis nigrita — Krysko, Nuñez, Newman & Bowen, 2017: 235 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Zweifel, R.G. & Norris, K.S. 1955. Contribution to the Herpetology of Sonora, Mexico: Descriptions of New Subspecies of Snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and Miscellaneous Collecting Notes. American Midland Naturalist 54(1): 230–249. DOI: 10.2307/2422190
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.