Lampropeltis zonata

Lampropeltis zonata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lampropeltis
Species: Lampropeltis zonata
Subspecies: L. z. agalma – L. z. herrerae – L. z. multicincta – L. z. multifasciata – L. z. parvirubra – L. z. pulchra – L. z. zonata

Name

Lampropeltis zonata (Blainville, 1835)

• Holotype: MNHN, collected by P.E. Botta between 1827–1829. [lost fide Bocourt in Stejneger (1902: 153)]
• Type locality: “Californie [=California]”.

Combinations

• Coluber (Zacholus) zonatus Blainville, 1835: 293 [original combination]
• Bellophis zonatus — Lockington, 1876 [subsequent combination]
• Lampropeltis zonata — Van Denburgh, 1897 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Blainville, H.M.D. de 1835. Description de quelques espèces de reptiles de la Californie précédée de l’analyse d’un système général d’herpétologie et d’amphbiologie. Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 4: 233–296. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hollingsworth, B. & Hammerson, G.A. 2019. IUCN: Lampropeltis zonata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T90069502A90069395. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T90069502A90069395.en. Accessed on 01 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: California Mountain Kingsnake