Lampropeltis webbi

Lampropeltis webbi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
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. 1 2 Flores-Villela O (2007). "Lampropeltis webbi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T63833A12720480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63833A12720480.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. Lampropeltis webbi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2015.
  3. 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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