Lampropeltis webbi
Lampropeltis webbi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
Genus: | Lampropeltis |
Species: | L. webbi |
Binomial name | |
Lampropeltis webbi Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano, 2005 | |
Lampropeltis webbi is a species of king snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, webbi, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert G. Webb.[2][3]
Habitat and Geographic range
Lampropeltis webbi has been found in rugged mixed boreal-tropical forest in a mountainous region, near the border between the Mexican states of Durango and Sinaloa. It is a very little known species.[1]
References
- 1 2 Flores-Villela O (2007). "Lampropeltis webbi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ Lampropeltis webbi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2015.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lampropeltis webbi, p. 280).
Further reading
- Bryson RW, Dixon JR, Lazcano D (2005). "New Species of Lampropeltis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Occidental, México". Journal of Herpetology 39 (2): 207-214. (Lampropeltis webbi, new species).
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