Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Colubridae > Lampropeltis > Lampropeltis zonataLampropeltis zonata (California Mountain Kingsnake)Synonyms: Coluber zonatus; Coronella multifasciata; Lampropeltis agalma; Lampropeltis herrerae; Lampropeltis multifasciata; Lampropeltis zonata multicincta; Lampropeltis zonata multifasciata; Lampropeltis zonata parvirubra; Lampropeltis zonata pulchra; Ophibolus getulus multicinctus Lampropeltis zonata, or the California mountain kingsnake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, which is endemic to North America. It is a coral snake mimic, having a similar pattern consisting of red, black, and yellow on its body, but the snake is completely harmless. Five subspecies are recognized in the U.S., including the nominotypical subspecies, with two subspecies recognized in Mexico. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 407 grams |  | | Gestation [1] | 56 days | | Litter Size [1] | 6 | | Maximum Longevity [2] | 29 years |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserve |
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153447 |
California, United States |
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Fairfield Osborn Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
190 |
California, United States |
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Landels-Hill Big Creek Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
45 |
California, United States |
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Lassen Volcanic National Park |
II |
29388 |
California, United States |
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McCloud River Preserve Conservation Easement |
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1693 |
California, United States |
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Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve |
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5901 |
California, United States |
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Parque Nacional de Sierra San Pedro Martir National Park |
II |
180607 |
Baja California, Mexico |
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Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center |
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6101 |
California, United States |
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San Dimas Biosphere Reserve |
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17161 |
California, United States |
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San Joaquin Biosphere Reserve |
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4527 |
California, United States |
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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area |
V |
38440 |
California, United States |
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon Biosphere Reserve |
II |
172261 |
California, United States |
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Whiskey-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area |
V |
197791 |
California, United States |
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Williams Wildlife Preserve Wildlife Reserve |
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California, United States |
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Yosemite National Park |
II |
95209 |
California, United States |
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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 ♦ 3Feeding Ecology of the California Mountain Kingsnake, Lampropeltis zonata (Colubridae), Harry W. Greene and Javier A. Rodríguez-Robles, Copeia, 2003(2), pp. 308314 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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