Mole Kingsnake
(Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata)
Holbrook, 1840
Genus
Lampropeltis
Species
calligaster
Subspecies
rhombomaculata
Common Name
Mole Kingsnake
Other Names
Blotched kingsnake, brown snake, ground snake, house snake, king snake, mole catcher.
Conservation
Status
Global: G5
Alabama: S3
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Moderate Conservation Concern: P3
Taxa with conservation problems because of insufficient data or because of two of four of the following: small populations; limited, disjunct, or peripheral distribution; decreasing population trend/population viability problems specialized habitat needs/habitat vulnerability due to natural/human caused factors. Research and/or conservation action recommended.
Taxon
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata — GUYER et al. 2018
Ablabes triangulum var. calligaster — HALLOWELL 1856: 244
Lampropeltis calligaster COPE 1860: 255
Ophibolus triangulus var. calligaster — GARMAN 1884: 66
Lampropeltis calligaster — CROTHER et al. 2012
Lampropeltis calligaster — WALLACH et al. 2014: 357
Subspecies
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata (HOLBROOK 1840)
Coluber rhombo-maculatus HOLBROOK 1840
Coronella rhombomaculata HOLBROOK 1842: 103
Ophibolus rhombomaculatus — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 86
Ophibolus evansii KENNICOTT 1859
Lampropeltis rhombomaculata — COPE 1860: 255
Coronella rhombomaculata — JAN 1866
Coronella Evansii — JAN 1866
Lampropeltis rhombomaculata — STEJNEGER 1891: 503
Lampropeltis rhombomaculata — ALLEN 1932
Ophibolus evansi — SCHMIDT 1954
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 211
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata — PALMER & BRASWELL 1995
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata — CROTHER 2000: 63
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 411
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata — CROTHER et al. 2012
Lampropeltis rhombomaculata — MCKELVY & BURBRINK 2016
Lampropeltis rhombomaculata — KLEOPFER et al. 2017
Lampropeltis rhombomaculata — CROTHER et al. 2017
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata — GIBBONS 2017: 159
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata — GUYER et al. 2018
Lampropeltis rhombomaculata — BEANE 2019
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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