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Lampropeltis getulus (kingsnake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Coluber getulus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lampropeltis getulus by Fitzinger (1843), Holman (1959) and Parmley and Holman (1995); it was recombined as Lampropeltis getula by Parmley and Hunter (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Coluber getulus Linnaeus
1843Lampropeltis getulus Fitzinger
1959Lampropeltis getulus Holman p. 124
1995Lampropeltis getulus Parmley and Holman p. 83
2010Lampropeltis getula Parmley and Hunter p. 530

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusLampropeltisFitzinger 1843
speciesgetulus(Linnaeus 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lampropeltis getulus Linnaeus 1766 [kingsnake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 15:58:55
Modified: 2005-09-06 17:58:55
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 10.30000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Lampropeltis getulus (18554)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Lampropeltis getula (18327)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Lampropeltis getulus (18225)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Lampropeltis getulus (18126 18359)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Lampropeltis getula (19610)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Lampropeltis getula (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Lampropeltis getulus (19954)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Lampropeltis getulus (19931 19936 19940)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Lampropeltis getulus (19927)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Lampropeltis getulus (20295 20423)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Lampropeltis getulus (20337 20530)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Lampropeltis getulus (20157)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Lampropeltis getulus (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Lampropeltis getulus (20402)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Lampropeltis getulus (20639)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Lampropeltis getulus (75974)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Lampropeltis getulus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Lampropeltis getulus (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lampropeltis getulus (154922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Lampropeltis getulus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Lampropeltis getulus (99602)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Lampropeltis getulus (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lampropeltis getulus (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Lampropeltis getulus (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Lampropeltis getulus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Lampropeltis getulus (93374)