Additional Observations on Variation and Distribution of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake, Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman)
Gehlbach FR and Mccoy CJ. 1965. Additional Observations on Variation and Distribution of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake, Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman). Herpetologica. 21(1):35-38
A taxonomic revision of the gray-banded kingsnake, Lampropeltis m,exicanna, was presented by Gehlbach and Baker (19,62) and accepted by Liner (1964), who added Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to the distribution of L. m. alterna. With several more specimens, it is now possible to extend the range of alterna, the most northern subspecies, 100 miles to the Texas-New Mexico border region and place L. m. greeri in the synonymy of nominate mexicana. Although the new data support treatment of alterna, mnexicana, and L. m. blairi as elements of a single polytypic species, earlier observations on sexual dimorphism and coloration in alterna are modified. All new localities and taxonomically significant variational data are reported in the following accounts.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Gehlbach, Frederick; Mccoy, Clarence
- Units
- BIBE , CAVE , GUMO
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Distribution, gray-banded kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna) - Squamata - Serpentes - Crotalidae