Lampropeltis abnorma

Lampropeltis abnorma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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 Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Lampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt, 1886)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA 1888.0129, adult ♀, collected by M.F.Bocourt.
• Type locality: “Haute Vera Paz”, Mexico.

Combinations

• Coronella formosa abnorma Bocourt, 1886: pl. 39 [nomen novum]
• Lampropeltis triangulum abnorma — Smith, 1942: 246

Synonyms

• Coronella formosa var. anomala Bocourt, 1886: 614 [nomen praeocupatum]
  • Holotype: MNHN-RA 1888.0129, adult ♀, collected by M.F.Bocourt.
  • Type locality: “Haute Vera Paz”.

• Coronella formosa oligozona Bocourt, 1886
  • Lectotype: MNHN 6083, adult ♂, collected by F. Sumichrast, date unknown. [designated by Williams (1978)]
  • Type locality: “Tehuantepec” and “western slopes of Guatemala”.

• Lampropeltis polyzona blanchardi Stuart, 1935
  • Holotype: USNM 68239, young ♂, collected by F.M. Gaige on 13 February 1930.
  • Type locality: “Valladolid Trail near Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, Mexico”.

• Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis Williams, 1978: 212
  • Holotype: AMNH 12676, adult ♀, collected on 15 August 1916, collector unknown.
  • Type locality: “Cukra, Departmento de Zelaya, Nicaragua”.

• Lampropeltis triangulum stuarti Williams, 1978: 217
  • Holotype: SMF 43166, adult ♀, collected by E. Fischer and R. Mertens on 17 October 1950.
  • Type locality: “Finca Los Cedros (100 m), Tecla, Departamento La Libertad, El Salvador”.

References

Primary references

• Bocourt, M.F. 1886. In Duméril, A., Bocourt, M.F. & Mocquard, F. (1870-1909). Etudes sur les reptiles, p. i-xiv, 1-1012. In Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l'Histoire de Ia Faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Volume 3. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Imprimerie: Paris.
• Smith, H.M. 1942. Remarks on the Mexican king snakes of the triangulum group. Proc. Rochester Academy of Science 8(4): 196–207.
• Williams, K.L. 1978. Systematics and natural history of the American milk snake Lampropeltis triangulum. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 2. 258 pp. Reference page. 
• 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., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lampropeltis abnorma. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 October 2022.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2019. IUCN: Lampropeltis abnorma  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T90068710A90068956. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T90068710A90068956.en. Accessed on 30 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Guatemalan Milksnake