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    Species Accepted

    Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville, 1835)

    Black Desert Kingsnake [nigrita]

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      SpainNo
      SpainYes

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      18 results
      Barila de California Spanish
      Black Desert Kingsnake [nigrita] English
      California Kingsnake English
      Californisk Kongesnog Danish
      Cobra-rei-da-Califórnia Portuguese
      Falsa coralillo del Noroeste Spanish
      Kaliforniese Koningslang Afrikaans
      Kalifornische Kettennatter German
      Kalifornische Königsnatter German
      Mexican Black Kingsnake English

      Treatments

      1 result

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      76 results
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      Laita, & Mark. (2013). Serpentine. Abrams and PQ Blackwell, Auckland, New Zealand, 200 Unnumbered Pages.
      Rodríguez-Robles, Javier A., Good, David A., Wake, David B. (2003). Brief History of Herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, with a List of Type Specimens of Recent Amphibians and Reptiles. UC Publications in Zoology, 119 Pp.
      Stejneger, L. H. (1893). Annotated list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with descriptions of new species. North American Fauna, No. 7: 159-228 (+ 14 Plates + 4 Maps).
      Durso, K. P., Stolpe, R., & Durso, A. M. (2024). Natural history notes: Lampropeltis californiae (California Kingsnake). Predation. Herpetological Review 55 (1): 115-116.
      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.
      Lacépède, B. G. E. (1789). Histoire Naturelle des Serpens. Tome second. Hôtel de Thou, Paris, 527 Pp.
      Blainville, & Henri Marie Ducrotay de. (1835). Description de quelques espèces de reptiles de la Californie précédée de l’analyse d’un système général d’erpétologie et d’amphibiologie. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 233-296.
      Werning, & Heiko. (2012). Die Reptilien und Amphibien des Südwestens. Draco 13 (50): 18-60.
      Lisle, & de, H. F. (1978). Key to the snakes of Baja California. Herpetology 9 (4): 11-20.

      Citation

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