Lampropeltis micropholis

Lampropeltis micropholis

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 Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

• Lampropeltis micropholis Cope, 1860: 257

Holotype: ANSP 3427, ♂.

Type locality: “Panama”.

Combinations

• Ophibolia micropholis — Cope, 1871 : 200 [subsequent combination]
• Coronella micropholis — Peracca, 1896: 9 [subsequent combination]
• Lampropeltis triangulum micropholis — Dunn & Bailey, 1939: 18 [subsequent combination]
• Lampropeltis doliata micropholis — Klauber, 1948: ll [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 241–266. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

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

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Lampropeltis micropholis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Ecuadoran Milksnake