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Lampropeltis mexicana (Mexican Kingsnake; Greer's kingsnake)

Synonyms: Coronella mexicana; Ophibolus triangulus mexicanus; Oreophis boulengeri

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mexican kingsnake (Lampropeltis mexicana) is a colubrid snake that is endemic to Mexico. In addition to the nominate subspecies Lampropeltis mexicana mexicana, one subspecies, Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri is recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Lampropeltis mexicana

Infraspecies

Lampropeltis mexicana mexicana
Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri (Thayer's kingsnake)

Attributes

Gestation [1]  68 days
Litter Size [1]  5
Maximum Longevity [2]  16 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Meseta Central matorral Mexico Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests Mexico, United States Nearctic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests Mexico, United States Nearctic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0