Prairie Kingsnake
(Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster)
Harlan, 1827
Genus
Lampropeltis
Species
calligaster
Subspecies
calligaster
Common Name
Prairie Kingsnake
Other Names
Yellow-Bellied Kingsnake
Conservation
Status
Global: G5,
Alabama: S1/S2
(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 calligaster — 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 calligaster (HARLAN, 1827)
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 211
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster — CROTHER 2000: 63
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 409
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster — CROTHER et al. 2012
Lampropeltis calligaster — MCKELVY & BURBRINK 2016
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster — 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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Mole (rhombomaculata)
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