Scarlet Kingsnake
(Lampropeltis elapsoides)
Holbrook, 1838
Genus
Lampropeltis
Species
elapsoides
Subspecies
N/A
Common Name
Scarlet Kingsnake
Other Names
Scarlet Milksnake
Conservation
Status
Global: G2
Alabama: SH
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Highest Conservation Concern: P4
Taxa that are secure, yet conservation concerns exist because of one of four of the following: relative abundance; limited, disjunct, or peripheral distribution; decreasing population trend/population viability problems; specialized habitat needs/increasing habitat vulnerability due to natural/human-caused factors. Research on specific problems suggested.
Taxon
Lampropeltis elapsoides — GUYER et al. 2018
Coluber elapsoides HOLBROOK 1838:123
Coluber doliatus LINNAEUS (fide COPE 1860: 256)
Coronella doliata HOLBROOK 1842 (fide COPE 1860: 256)
Calamaria elapsoides — HOLBROOK 1842:119.
Ophibolus doliatus — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 89
Osceola elapsoides — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853:133.
Coronella doliata — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 621
Lampropeltis doliata — COPE 1860: 256
Coronella doliata — JAN 1865
Ophibolus doliatus coccineus — YARROW 1883: 90
Ophibolus doliatus coccineus — COPE 1893: 1067
Ophibolus doliatus temporalis COPE 1893: 1068
Ophibolus doliatus triangulus — LARGELAMB 1907
Lampropeltis triangulum virginiana BLANCHARD 1920
Lampropeltis elapsoides elapsoides — ALLEN 1932
Lampropeltis triangulum doliata — TAYLOR 1951
Lampropeltis elapsoides virginiana — COCHRAN 1961: 188
Lampropeltis triangulum temporalis — COCHRAN 1961: 188
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 210
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — CROTHER 2000: 64
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 429
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — MATTISON 2007: 133
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — JENSEN et al. 2008: 364
Lampropeltis elapsoides — PYRON & BURBRINK 2009
Lampropeltis elapsoides — CROTHER et al. 2012
Lampropeltis elapsoides — RUANE et al. 2014
Lampropeltis elapsoides — WALLACH et al. 2014: 357
Lampropeltis elapsoides — GUYER et al. 2018
Coluber doliatus LINNAEUS (fide COPE 1860: 256)
Coronella doliata HOLBROOK 1842 (fide COPE 1860: 256)
Calamaria elapsoides — HOLBROOK 1842:119.
Ophibolus doliatus — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 89
Osceola elapsoides — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853:133.
Coronella doliata — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 621
Lampropeltis doliata — COPE 1860: 256
Coronella doliata — JAN 1865
Ophibolus doliatus coccineus — YARROW 1883: 90
Ophibolus doliatus coccineus — COPE 1893: 1067
Ophibolus doliatus temporalis COPE 1893: 1068
Ophibolus doliatus triangulus — LARGELAMB 1907
Lampropeltis triangulum virginiana BLANCHARD 1920
Lampropeltis elapsoides elapsoides — ALLEN 1932
Lampropeltis triangulum doliata — TAYLOR 1951
Lampropeltis elapsoides virginiana — COCHRAN 1961: 188
Lampropeltis triangulum temporalis — COCHRAN 1961: 188
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 210
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — CROTHER 2000: 64
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 429
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — MATTISON 2007: 133
Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — JENSEN et al. 2008: 364
Lampropeltis elapsoides — PYRON & BURBRINK 2009
Lampropeltis elapsoides — CROTHER et al. 2012
Lampropeltis elapsoides — RUANE et al. 2014
Lampropeltis elapsoides — WALLACH et al. 2014: 357
Lampropeltis elapsoides — GUYER et al. 2018
Description:
Description
Scale distinction: Smooth dorsal scales in 19 rows (midbody). A single anal plate
Shown in yellow. The scale or scales directly covering the… More. Split subcaudial scales.
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