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Desert Kingsnake

Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Lampropeltis splendida
Species recognized by wikipedia VI, wikipedia EU, Mexico Species List, NCBI, and United States Species List
Lampropeltis splendida
Recognized by CalPhotos
Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Lampropeltis splendida Baird & Girard 1853
Recognized by ReptileDB
Lampropeltis getula splendida
Subspecies recognized by NMNH type specimens
Lampropeltis getula splendida
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Lampropeltis getula splendida Baird & Girard 1853
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Lampropeltis splendida
Species recognized by Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and GGBN data coverage
Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853) Baird & Girard 1853
Species recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Lampropeltis getula splendida (Baird & Girard 1853)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Ophibolus splendidus Baird & Girard 1853
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Coronella getulus var. splendida
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Coronella getulus var. splendida Jan 1865
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lampropeltis getula splendida Dixon 2000
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lampropeltis getulus splendida
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Lampropeltis getulus splendida Taylor 1952
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lampropeltis splendida
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Ophibolus splendidus
Synonym according to NCBI
Ophibolus splendidus Baird & Girard 1853
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Lampropeltis getula splendida (Baird & Girard 1853)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lampropeltis getula splendida (Baird & Girard 1853)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Ophibolus splendidus Baird & Girard 1853
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Ophibolus splendidus Baird & Girard 1853
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Ophibolus splendidus Baird & Girard 1853
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Desert Kingsnake preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB

Curated hierarchies for Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Serpentes
Alethinophidia Nopcsa 1923
Colubridae Oppel 1811
Colubrinae Oppel 1811
Lampropeltis Fitzinger 1843
Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853) (this page)
Lampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt 1886)
Lampropeltis alterna (Brown 1901)
Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott 1861
Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville 1835)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan 1827)
Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook 1838)
Lampropeltis extenuata (Brown 1890)
Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird & Girard 1853)
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus 1766)
Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger 1902
Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor 1940
Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman 1884)
Lampropeltis micropholis Cope 1860
Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow 1882)
Lampropeltis polyzona Cope 1860
Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope 1867)
Lampropeltis ruthveni Blanchard 1920
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède 1789)
Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano 2005
Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington ex Blainville 1876)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Squamata
Colubroidea
Colubridae
Colubrinae
Lampropeltis
Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853) (this page)
Lampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt 1886)
Lampropeltis alterna (Brown 1901)
Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott 1860
Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville 1835)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan 1827)
Lampropeltis catalinensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin 1921)
Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook 1838)
Lampropeltis extenuata (Brown 1890)
Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird & Girard 1853)
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus 1766)
Lampropeltis greeri (Webb 1961)
Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger 1902
Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor 1940
Lampropeltis leonis (Günther 1893)
Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman 1884)
Lampropeltis micropholis Cope 1860
Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow 1882)
Lampropeltis occipitolineata (Price 1987)
Lampropeltis polyzona Cope 1860
Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope 1866)
Lampropeltis rhombomaculata (Holbrook 1840)
Lampropeltis ruthveni Blanchard 1920
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède 1789)
Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano 2005
Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington 1835)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853) (this page)
Lampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt 1886)
Lampropeltis alterna (Brown 1901)
Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott 1861
Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville 1835)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan 1827)
Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook 1838)
Lampropeltis extenuata (Brown 1890)
Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird & Girard 1853)
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus 1766)
Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger 1902
Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor 1940
Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman 1884)
Lampropeltis micropholis Cope 1860
Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow 1882)
Lampropeltis polyzona Cope 1860
Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope 1867)
Lampropeltis ruthveni Blanchard 1920
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède 1789)
Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano 2005
Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington ex Blainville 1876)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Serpentes
Colubridae
Lampropeltis
Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853) (this page)
Lampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt 1886)
Lampropeltis alterna (Brown 1901)
Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott 1861
Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville 1835)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan 1827)
Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook 1838)
Lampropeltis extenuata (Brown 1890)
Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird & Girard 1853)
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus 1766)
Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger 1902
Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor 1940
Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman 1884)
Lampropeltis micropholis Cope 1860
Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow 1882)
Lampropeltis polyzona Cope 1860
Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope 1866)
Lampropeltis ruthveni Blanchard 1920
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède 1789)
Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano 2005
Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington 1835)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853) (this page)
Lampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt 1886)
Lampropeltis alterna (Brown 1901)
Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott 1861
Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville 1835)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan 1827)
Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook 1838)
Lampropeltis extenuata (Brown 1890)
Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird & Girard 1853)
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus 1766)
Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger 1902
Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor 1940
Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman 1884)
Lampropeltis micropholis Cope 1860
Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow 1882)
Lampropeltis polyzona Cope 1860
Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope 1867)
Lampropeltis ruthveni Blanchard 1920
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède 1789)
Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano 2005
Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington ex Blainville 1876)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Lampropeltis Fitzinger 1843
Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853) (this page)
Lampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt 1886)
Lampropeltis alterna (Brown 1901)
Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott 1861
Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville 1835)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan 1827)
Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook 1838)
Lampropeltis extenuata (Brown 1890)
Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird & Girard 1853)
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus 1766)
Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger 1902
Lampropeltis intermedius Brattstrom 1955
Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor 1940
Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman 1884)
Lampropeltis micropholis Cope 1860
Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow 1882)
Lampropeltis polyzona Cope 1860
Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope 1866)
Lampropeltis ruthveni Blanchard 1920
Lampropeltis similis Holman 1964
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède 1789)
Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano 2005
Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington 1835)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Squamata Oppel 1811
Serpentes Linnaeus 1758
Alethinophidia Nopcsa 1923
Colubridae Oppel 1811
Colubrinae Oppel 1811
Lampropeltis Fitzinger 1843
Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853) (this page)
Lampropeltis abnorma (Bocourt 1886)
Lampropeltis alterna (Brown 1901)
Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott 1861
Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville 1835)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan 1827)
Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook 1838)
Lampropeltis extenuata (Brown 1890)
Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird & Girard 1853)
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus 1766)
Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger 1902
Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor 1940
Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman 1884)
Lampropeltis micropholis Cope 1860
Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow 1882)
Lampropeltis polyzona Cope 1860
Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope 1867)
Lampropeltis ruthveni Blanchard 1920
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède 1789)
Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano 2005
Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington ex Blainville 1876)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard 1853) (this page)
Ahaetulla anomala (Annandale 1906)
Ahaetulla laudankia Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra 2019
Bamanophis dorri (Lataste 1888)
Boiga flaviviridis Vogel & Ganesh 2013
Boiga tanahjampeana Orlov & Ryabov 2002
Chironius flavolineatus (Jan 1863)
Chironius laurenti Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993
Chironius leucometapus Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993
Chrysopelea rhodopleuron Boie 1827
Crotaphopeltis barotseensis Broadley 1968
Crotaphopeltis braestrupi Rasmussen 1985
Crotaphopeltis degeni (Boulenger 1906)
Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis (Reinhardt 1843)
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti 1768)
Crotaphopeltis tornieri (Werner 1908)
Dasypeltis abyssina (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854)
Dasypeltis atra Sternfield 1912
Dasypeltis confusa Trape & Mané 2006
Dasypeltis gansi Trape & Mané 2006
Dasypeltis medici (Bianconi 1859)
Dasypeltis palmarum (Leach 1818)
Dasypeltis sahelensis Trape & Mané 2006
Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendrelaphis keiensis (Mertens 1926)
Dendrelaphis sinharajensis Wickramasinghe 2016
Dipsadoboa aulica (Günther 1864)
Dipsadoboa brevirostris (Sternfeld 1908)
Dipsadoboa duchesnii (Boulenger 1901)
Dipsadoboa flavida (Broadley & Stevens 1971)
Dipsadoboa montisilva Branch, Conradie & Tolley 2019
Dipsadoboa shrevei (Loveridge 1932)
Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen 1993
Dipsadoboa unicolor Günther 1858
Dipsadoboa viridis (Peters 1869)
Dipsadoboa weileri (Lindholm 1905)
Dipsadoboa werneri (Boulenger 1897)
Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Eirenis modestus (Martin 1838)
Eirenis rechingeri Eiselt 1971
Elaphe quatuorlineata (Lacepède 1789)
Gonyosoma jansenii (Bleeker 1859)
Hapsidophrys lineatus Fischer 1856
Hapsidophrys principis (Boulenger 1906)
Hapsidophrys smaragdinus (Schlegel 1837)
Iguanognathus werneri Boulenger 1898
Lycodon anamallensis Günther 1858
Lycodon sidiki Wostl, Hamidy, Kurniawan & Smith 2017
Lytorhynchus paradoxus (Günther 1875)
Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger 1887
Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel 1837)
Meizodon krameri Schätti 1985
Meizodon regularis Fischer 1856
Mopanveldophis zebrinus (Broadley & Schätti 2000)
Oligodon cyclurus (Cantor 1839)
Oligodon erythrogaster Boulenger 1907
Oligodon kheriensis Acharji & Ray 1936
Oligodon nikhili Whitaker & Dattatri 1982
Oligodon wagneri David & Vogel 2012
Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson 1901)
Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell 1857)
Philothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther 1863)
Philothamnus natalensis (A. Smith 1848)
Philothamnus nitidus (Günther 1863)
Platyceps najadum (Eichwald 1831)
Platyceps noeli Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski 2014
Platyceps sindhensis Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski 2014
Poecilopholis cameronensis Boulenger 1903
Proahaetulla antiqua Mallik, Achyuthan, Ganesh, Pal, Vijayakumar & Shanker 2019
Rhamnophis aethiopissa Günther 1862
Rhamnophis batesii (Boulenger 1908)
Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (Scopoli 1785)
Scaphiophis albopunctatus Peters 1870
Scaphiophis raffreyi Bocourt 1875
Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler 1824)
Stegonotus aruensis (Doria 1874)
Stegonotus derooijae Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017
Stegonotus florensis (De Rooij 1917)
Stegonotus iridis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017
Stegonotus keyensis (Doria 1874)
Stegonotus lividus (Müller ex Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854)
Stegonotus sutteri Forcart 1953
Telescopus beetzii (Barbour 1922)
Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann 1831)
Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke 2013
Telescopus gezirae Broadley 1994
Telescopus obtusus (Reuss 1834)
Telescopus pulcher (Scortecci 1935)
Telescopus semiannulatus A. Smith 1849
Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner 1909)
Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell 1844)
Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage 1895)
Thelotornis usambaricus Broadley 2001
Thrasops flavigularis (Hallowell 1852)
Thrasops occidentalis Parker 1940
Thrasops schmidti Loveridge 1936
Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell 1844)
Toxicodryas pulverulenta (Fischer 1856)
Wallaceophis gujaratensis Mirza, Vyas, Patel, Maheta & Sanap 2016
Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch 1873)
Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti 1768)
556 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Bifurcata
Unidentata
Episquamata
Toxicofera
Serpentes
Colubroidea
Colubridae
Colubrinae
Lampropeltis
Lampropeltis splendida (this page)
Lampropeltis abnorma
Lampropeltis alterna
Lampropeltis annulata
Lampropeltis californiae
Lampropeltis calligaster
Lampropeltis elapsoides
Lampropeltis extenuata
Lampropeltis gentilis
Lampropeltis getula
Lampropeltis holbrooki
Lampropeltis knoblochi
Lampropeltis mexicana
Lampropeltis micropholis
Lampropeltis nigra
Lampropeltis polyzona
Lampropeltis pyromelana
Lampropeltis ruthveni
Lampropeltis triangulum
Lampropeltis webbi
Lampropeltis zonata
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