Lampropeltis webbi
Appearance
Lampropeltis webbi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Lampropeltis |
Species: | L. webbi
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Binomial name | |
Lampropeltis webbi |
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
- ^ a b Flores-Villela O (2007). "Lampropeltis webbi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN: e.T63833A12720480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63833A12720480.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ 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).