Lampropeltis knoblochi

Lampropeltis knoblochi

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lampropeltis
Species: Lampropeltis knoblochi

Name edit

Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor, 1940

  • Holotype: FMNH 100013, adult ♂.
  • Type locality: “Mojarachic, Chihuahua, Mexico”.

Combinations edit

  • Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor, 1940 [original combination]
  • Lampropeltis pyromelana knoblochiTanner, 1953 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
  • Lampropeltis knoblochiLemos-Espinal, Chiszar & Smith, 2003: 56 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Taylor, E.H. 1940. A new Lampropeltis from Western Mexico. Copeia 1940(4): 253–255.
  • Lemos-Espinal, Julio A., David Chiszar & Hobart M. Smith 2003. Knobloch’s king snake (Lampropeltis pyromelana knoblochi) of Mexico a species. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 39(3):53–58. BHL

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake