Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Habitat
Ecology: The two known specimens were collected along the highway in rugged mixed boreal-tropical forest
in a mountainous region.[2]
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Genus:
Lampropeltis
()
- Specific name:
webbi
- Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano
- Scientific name: - Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano
- Specific name:
webbi
- Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano
- Genus:
Lampropeltis
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lampropeltis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 128 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
L. alterna (Gray-Banded King Snake) · L. alternata subsp. blairi · L. alternata alterna · L. alternata blairi · L. alterna alterna (Gray-Banded King Snake) · L. alterna blairi (Gray-Banded Kingsnake) · L. amaura · L. annulata · L. boylii · L. brooksi · L. californae · L. californiae · L. caligaster · L. calligaster (Rhombomaculata: Mole Kingsnake) · L. calligaster calligaster (Yellow-Bellied Kingsnake) · L. calligaster occipitolineata (South Florida Mole Snake) · L. calligaster rhombomaculata (Prairie Kingsnake) · L. catalinensis · L. diolata annulata · L. doliata · L. doliata amaura · L. doliata annulata · L. doliata gentilis · L. doliata syspila · L. doliata temporalis · L. doliata triangulum · L. doliatus · L. elapsoides · L. elapsoides elapsoides · L. getula (Black Desert Kingsnake) · L. getula brooksi · L. getula californiae (California Kingsnake) · L. getula floridana (Florida Kingsnake) · L. getula getula (Eastern Kingsnake) · L. getula getulus · L. getula goini (Common Kingsnake) · L. getula holbrooki (Speckled Kingsnake) · L. getula niger (Common Kingsnake) · L. getula nigra (Common Kingsnake) · L. getula nigrita (Black Desert Kingsnake) · L. getula nigritus · L. getula splendida (Common Kingsnake) · L. getula sticticeps (Outer Banks Kingsnake) · L. getulus · L. getulus brooksi · L. getulus californiae · L. getulus catalinensis · L. getulus conjuncta · L. getulus floridana · L. getulus getulus (Common King Snake) · L. getulus holbrooki · L. getulus negritus · L. getulus niger · L. getulus nigritus · L. getulus nitida · L. getulus splendida (Desert Kingsnake) · L. getulus yumensis · L. grahamii · L. herrerae · L. intermedius · L. knoblochi · L. mexicana (San Luis PotosÃŒ King Snake) · L. mexicana alterna · L. mexicana greeri (Gray-Banded Kingsnake) · L. mexicana leonis (Gray-Banded Kingsnake) · L. mexicana mexicana (San Luis PotosÃŒ King Snake) · L. mexicana thayeri · L. micropholis · L. multicincta · L. multistriata · L. nitida · L. polyzona · L. polyzona blanchardi · L. polyzonus · L. pyromelana (Infralabialis: Utah Mountain Kingsnake) · L. pyromelana infralabialis (Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake) · L. pyromelana knoblochi (Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake) · L. pyromelana pyromelana (Sonoran Mountain King Snake) · L. pyromelana woodini · L. rhombomaculata · L. ruthveni (Ruthven's King Snake) · L. similis · L. splendida · L. triangula · L. triangulum (Tropical Milksnake) · L. triangulums · L. triangulum abnorma (Milk Snake) · L. triangulum amaura (Louisiana Milk Snake) · L. triangulum andesiana (Milk Snake) · L. triangulum annula · L. triangulum annulata (Mexican Milk Snake) · L. triangulum arcifera (Milk Snake) · L. triangulum blanchardi (Milk Snake) · L. triangulum cambelli · L. triangulum campbelli (Milk Snake) · L. triangulum celaenops (New Mexico Milk Snake) · L. triangulum conanti (Milk Snake) · L. triangulum dixoni (Milk Snake) · L. triangulum doliata · L. triangulum elapsoides (Scarlet Kingsnake)
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Further Reading
- Bryson, R.W., Dixon, J.R. and Lazcano, D. 2005. New species of Lampropeltis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Occidental, México. Journal of Herpetology 39(2): 207-214.
Notes
Contributors
- Flores-Villela, O. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5977752
- IUCN ID: 63833
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963451
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
- Flores-Villela, O. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
