Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis

Taxonavigation

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

Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Lectotype: USNM 131737 (old catalog number 1852 or 1853), adult ♂, collected by Capt. Marcy. [designated by Blanchard (1921: 165).
Type locality: “Red River, Ark.” and “Prairie Mer Rouge, La.”, restricted by lectotype designation to “North Fork, Red River, near Sweetwater Creek, Wheeler County, Texas” by Blanchard (1921: 165).

Ophibolus gentilis Baird & Girard, 1853: 90 [original combination]
Ophibolus doliatus gentilis — Yarrow, 1882: 90 [subsequent combination]
Ophibolus triangulus gentilis — Garman, 1883: 66 [subsequent combination]
Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917: 90 [subsequent combination]

Lampropeltis multistriata Kennicott, 1860: 328
- Holotype: USNM 1842, subadult ♂, collected by Liet. Warren and Dr. F.V. Hayden.
- Type locality: “Fort Lookout, Nebraska” [now Lyman County, South Dakota].

Lampropeltis pyromelana celaenops Stejneger, 1903: 153
- Holotype: USNM 22375, collected by H.B. Lane.
- Type locality: “Mesilla Valley[, Dona Ana County,] New Mexico”.

Lampropeltis doliata taylori Tanner & Loomis, 1957: 31
- Holotype: BYU 10533, adult ♀, collected by Wilmer W. Tanner on 24 May 1951.
- Type locality: “from approximately 2 miles north of Alpine, Utah County, Utah”.

Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page.
Kennicott, R. 1860. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 328–338. BHL 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.
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.

Hammerson, G.A. 2019. IUCN: Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T90069282A90069314. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T90069282A90069314.en. Accessed on 30 October 2022.

English: Central Plains Milksnake

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