Eastern Kingsnake
(Lampropeltis getula getula)
Linnaeus, 1766
Genus
Lampropeltis
Species
getula
Subspecies
getula
Common Name
Eastern Kingsnake
Other Names
Chain King, Common King
Conservation
Status
Global: G5
Alabama: S5
(What does this mean?)
Alabama High Conservation Concern: P2
Taxa imperiled because of three of four of the following rarity; very limited, disjunct, or peripheral distribution; decreasing population trend/population viability problems; specialized habitat needs/habitat vulnerability due to natural/human-caused factors. Timely research and/or conservation action needed.
Taxon
Lampropeltis getula getula — GUYER et al. 2018
Coluber getulus LINNAEUS 1766: 382
Herpetodryas getulus — SCHLEGEL
Ophibolus getulus — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 85
Coronella Getulus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 616
Coronella getulus var. pseudogetulus – JAN 1865
Ophibolus getulus — COPE 1875: 11
Ophibolus getulus — GARMAN 1884: 68
Ophilobus [sic] getulus — COPE 1892: 335
Triaeniopholis arenarius WERNER 1924
Triaenopholis [sic] arenarius WERNER 1924 (fide SMITH 1928)
Lampropeltis getula sticticeps BARBOUR & ENGELS 1942
Lampropeltis getulus goini NEILL & ALLEN 1949: 101
Lampropeltis getulus brooksi BARBOUR 1919
Lampropeltis getula floridana BLANCHARD 1919
Lampropeltis getulus — DESSAUER & POUGH 1975
Lampropeltis getulus sticticeps — LAZELL & MUSICK 1981
Lampropeltis getula — STEBBINS 1985: 191
Lampropeltis getula — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 205
Lampropeltis getula — LINER 1994
Lampropeltis getula getula — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 413
Lampropeltis getula floridana — CROTHER 2000: 64
Lampropeltis getula floridana — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 416
Lampropeltis getula floridana — HALLMEN 2005
Lampropeltis getula meansi KRYSKO & JUDD 2006
Lampropeltis getula meansi — SKUBOWIUS 2009
Lampropeltis getula — PYRON & BURBRINK 2009
Lampropeltis getula goini — RENNER in BERG 2013
Lampropeltis getula floridana — LAITA 2013
Lampropeltis getula — WALLACH et al. 2014: 357
Lampropeltis getula getula — GUYER et al. 2018
Herpetodryas getulus — SCHLEGEL
Ophibolus getulus — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 85
Coronella Getulus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 616
Coronella getulus var. pseudogetulus – JAN 1865
Ophibolus getulus — COPE 1875: 11
Ophibolus getulus — GARMAN 1884: 68
Ophilobus [sic] getulus — COPE 1892: 335
Triaeniopholis arenarius WERNER 1924
Triaenopholis [sic] arenarius WERNER 1924 (fide SMITH 1928)
Lampropeltis getula sticticeps BARBOUR & ENGELS 1942
Lampropeltis getulus goini NEILL & ALLEN 1949: 101
Lampropeltis getulus brooksi BARBOUR 1919
Lampropeltis getula floridana BLANCHARD 1919
Lampropeltis getulus — DESSAUER & POUGH 1975
Lampropeltis getulus sticticeps — LAZELL & MUSICK 1981
Lampropeltis getula — STEBBINS 1985: 191
Lampropeltis getula — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 205
Lampropeltis getula — LINER 1994
Lampropeltis getula getula — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 413
Lampropeltis getula floridana — CROTHER 2000: 64
Lampropeltis getula floridana — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 416
Lampropeltis getula floridana — HALLMEN 2005
Lampropeltis getula meansi KRYSKO & JUDD 2006
Lampropeltis getula meansi — SKUBOWIUS 2009
Lampropeltis getula — PYRON & BURBRINK 2009
Lampropeltis getula goini — RENNER in BERG 2013
Lampropeltis getula floridana — LAITA 2013
Lampropeltis getula — WALLACH et al. 2014: 357
Lampropeltis getula getula — GUYER et al. 2018
Description:
Description
Scale distinction: Smooth dorsal scales in 21-23 rows, usually 21 (midbody). A single anal plate
Shown in yellow. The scale or scales directly covering the… More. Split subcaudial scales.
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