Lampropeltis getula

Lampropeltis getula

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 getula
Subspecies: L. g. californiae – L. g. floridana – L. g. getula – L. g. goini – L. g. holbrooki – L. g. meansi – L. g. niger – L. g. nigrita – L. g. splendida – L. g. sticticeps

Name

Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Type locality: S New Jersey to N Florida, west to the Appalachians and S Alabama.

Synonyms

• Coluber getulus Linnaeus, 1766: 382
• Ophibolus getulus — Baird & Girard, 1853: 85
• Coronella Getulus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 616
• Ophibolus getulus — Cope, 1875: 11
• Ophilobus [sic] getulus — Cope, 1892: 335
• Triaeniopholis arenarius Werner, 1924
• Lampropeltis getula goini Neill & Allen, 1949
• Lampropeltis getulus brooksi Barbour, 1919
• Lampropeltis getula — Stebbins, 1985: 191
• Lampropeltis getula — Conant & Collins, 1991: 205
• Lampropeltis getula — Liner, 1994

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio duodecima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, Holmiae. 1-532 pp.
• Cope, E.D. 1875. The herpetology of Florida. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1875: 10–11.
• Pyron, R.A.; Burbrink, F.T. 2009: Systematics of the Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula; Serpentes: Colubridae) and the burden of heritage in taxonomy. Zootaxa, 2241: 22–32. Abstract & excerpt
• Stebbins, R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
• Lampropeltis getula at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Common Kingsnake
magyar: Királysikló
日本語: コモンキングヘビ