Lampropeltis elapsoides

Combinations

• Coluber elapsoides Holbrook, 1838: 123 [original combination]
• Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides — Stejneger & Barbour, 1943 [subsaequent combination]
• Lampropeltis elapsoides — Pyron & Burbrink, 2009 [subsaequent combination]

Synonyms

• Ophibolus doliatus temporalis Cope, 1893: 1068
  • Holotype: ANSP 3597, ♂, collected by Mr. Drexter, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “Delaware”.

• Lampropeltis elapsoides virginiana Blanchard, 1920
  • Holotype: USNM 21163.
  • Type locality: “Raleigh, North Carolina”.

Primary references

• Holbrook, J.E. 1836–1840. North American Herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. J. Dobson: Philadelphia. Volume I: 120 pp. + XXIII pls. BHL; Volume II: 125 pp. + XXX pls. BHL; Volume III: 122 pp. + XXX pls. BHL; Volume IV: 126 pp. + XXVIII pls. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ruane, S., Bryson, Jr., R.W., Pyron, R.A. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. Coalescent Species Delimitation in Milksnakes (genus Lampropeltis) and Impacts on Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses. Systematic Biology 63(2): 231–250. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syt099 Reference page. 
• Chambers, E.A., Marshall, T.L. & Hillis, D.M. 2023. The Importance of Contact Zones for Distinguishing Interspecific from Intraspecific Geographic Variation. Systematic Biology 72(2): 357–371. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac056 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lampropeltis elapsoides. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 January 2022.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2019. IUCN: Lampropeltis elapsoides  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T67662850A67662876. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T67662850A67662876.en. Accessed on 30 October 2022.