Lampropeltis micropholis

Lampropeltis micropholis

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 micropholis

Name edit

Lampropeltis micropholis Cope, 1860: 257

  • Holotype: ANSP 3427, juvenile ♂, collected by J.LeConte, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “Panama”.

Combinations edit

  • Ophibolia micropholisCope, 1871 : 200 [subsequent combination]
  • Coronella micropholisPeracca, 1896: 9 [subsequent combination]
  • Lampropeltis triangulum micropholisDunn & Bailey, 1939: 18 [subsequent combination]
  • Lampropeltis doliata micropholisKlauber, 1948: ll [subsequent combination]

Synonyms edit

  • Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae Dunn, 1937: 9
    • Holotype: UMMZ 57967, adult ♂, collected by H.T. Gaige on 24 March 1924.
    • Type locality: “Boquete, Chiriqui Province, Panama”.
  • Lampropeltis triangulum andesiana Williams, 1978: 231
    • Holotype: USNM 151732, adult ♀, collected in 1962.
    • Type locality: “the hills near Cali, Valle, Colombia”.

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Kornacker, P.M. 1999. Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag: Rheinbach, Germany. 270 pp.

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Ecuadoran Milksnake