Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lampropeltis
Species: Lampropeltis triangulum
Subspecies: Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

Name

Lampropeltis triangulum syspila (Cope, 1889)

• Holotype: USNM 13380, adult ♂, collected by R. Ridgeway, date unknown.
• Type locality: “Richland County, Illinois”.

Combinations

• Ophibolus doliatus syspilus Cope, 1888: 381 [original combination]
• Lampropeltis doliatus syspila — Klauber, 1948 [subsequent combination]
• Lampropeltis triangulum syspila — Ruthven, 1919 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1889. On the snakes of Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11: 381–394. BHL

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. 
• Chambers, E.A. & Hillis, D.M. 2020. The Multispecies Coalescent Over-Splits Species in the Case of Geographically Widespread Taxa. Systematic Biology 69(1): 184–193. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syz042 Reference page. 
• Chambers, E.A., Marshall, T.L. & Hillis, D.M. 2023. The Importance of Contact Zones for Distinguishing Interspecific from Intraspecific Geographic Variation. Systematic Biology 72(2): 357–371. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac056 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Red Milksnake