Lampropeltis greeri

Lampropeltis greeri

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

Lampropeltis greeri (Webb, 1961)

Holotype: MSU 190, young ♂, collected by J. Keever Greer and Robert G. Webb on 18 July 1958.
Type locality: “Rancho Santa Barbara (Weicher Ranch), 29 miles west-southwest of Ciudad Durango, Durango, México, ca. 7400 ft.”

Lampropeltis greeri Webb, 1961: 326 [original combination]
Lampropeltis mexicana greeri — Gehlbach & Baker, 1962: 298 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Lampropeltis greeri — Hansen & Salmon, 2017: 701 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Webb, R.G. 1961. A New Kingsnake from Mexico, with Remarks on the Mexicana Group of the Genus Lampropeltis. Copeia 1961(3): 326–333. DOI: 10.2307/1439808 Reference page.
Gehlbach, F.R. & Baker, J.K. 1962. Kingsnakes allied with Lampropeltis mexicana: taxonomy and natural history. Copeia 1962(2): 291–300. DOI: 10.2307/1440893 Reference page.
Hansen, R.W. & Salmon, G.T. 2017. Distribution analysis, taxonomic updates, and conservation status for the Lampropeltis mexicana group (Serpentes: Colubridae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 700–758. PDF Reference page.

English: Durango Mountain Kingsnake

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