Lampropeltis pyromelana

Lampropeltis pyromelana

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 pyromelana
Subspecies (2): L. p. infralabialis – L. p. pyromelana

Name edit

Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope, 1866)

  • Syntypes: USNM 7845, ♂, collected by E. Palmer in August 1864, location of other(s) unknown.
  • Type locality: “Fort Whipple, Arizona”.

Combinations edit

  • Ophibolus pyromelanus Cope, 1866: 305 [original combination]
  • Ophibolus getulus pyromelanusGarman, 1883: 67 [subsequent combination]
  • Lampropeltis pyrrhomelaena [sic] — Stejneger, 1902: 152 [subsequent combination]

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Cope, E.D. 1866. On the REPTILIA and BATRACHIA of the Sonoran Province of the Nearctic Region. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 18: 300–314.

Additional references edit

  • Stebbins, R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
日本語: シロハナキングヘビ
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