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    Species Accepted

    Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook, 1838)

    Scarlet Kingsnake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Lampropeltis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Falsa coralillo escarlata Spanish
      Falsa coralillo real escarlata Spanish
      Falso corallo scarlatto Italian
      Haʼaʼaahdę́ę́ʼ tłʼiish łichííʼ dóó łigaaígíí Navajo
      Rote Königsnatter German
      Scarlet Kingsnake English
      Scarlet Milksnake English
      Scarlet-Königsnatter German
      Scharlachrote Milchschlange German
      Serpente del latte scarlatto Italian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      48 results
      Holbrook, John E. (1838). North American Herpetology, Vol. 2 (1st ed.). J. Dobson, Philadelphia, 130 Pp.
      Cope, E. D. (1900). The crocodilians, lizards and snakes of North America. Ann. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. 1898: 153-1270.
      SORRELL, G. G., M. L. BROWN, M. B. CLEAVELAND, AND S. E. C. (2020). Geographic Distribution: Lampropeltis elapsoides (Scarlet Kingsnake). USA: Alabama: Coosa Co. Herpetological Review 51: 546.
      Ruane, Sara; Robert W. Bryson, Jr., R. Alexander Pyron, and Frank T. Burbrink. (2014). Coalescent Species Delimitation in Milksnakes (genus Lampropeltis) and Impacts on Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses. Systematic Biology 63 (2): 231-250, Doi:10.1093/Sysbio/Syt099.
      Enge, Kevin M. and Kenneth D. Benfield. (2015). Lampropeltis elapsoides (scarlet kingsnake) size record. Herpetological Review 46 (2): 209.
      Kunte, K., Kizhakke, A. G., & Nawge, V. (2021). Evolution of Mimicry Rings as a Window into Community Dynamics. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52.
      Yarrow, H. C. (1882). Check List of North American Reptilia and Batrachia, with Catalogue of Specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 24: 249.
      Allen, Morrow J. (1932). A survey of the Amphibians and reptiles of Harrison County, Mississippi. American Museum Novitates (542): 1-20.
      Crother, B. I. (ed.). (2012). Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92.
      Holbrook, John E. (1842). North American Herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. Vol I (2nd ed.). J. Dobson, Philadelphia, 152 Pp.

      Citation

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