The common royal snake [1] ( Lampropeltis getula ) is a non-toxic snake of the family of the already distinctive ( Calubridae ). It has 5 subspecies. Earlier, this species included a total of 9 subspecies, but in 2009 Lampropeltis californiae , Lampropeltis getula holbrooki , Lampropeltis getula niger , Lampropeltis getula splendida were identified as independent species.
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| Lampropeltis getula Linnaeus , 1766 |
The total length varies from 1-1.4 to 2 m. The head is triangular. The body is slim. The color is dark brown or black. 25-40 white or creamy transverse stripes, which are interconnected and resemble an elongated chain, pass along the body. The belly is dark in color with several light stripes.
He loves broad-leaved and pine forests, meadows, wetlands. Active at night. It feeds on lizards and snakes.
This is an egg laying snake. The female lays 12 to 23 eggs.
Inhabits the United States from southern New Jersey to northern Florida.
Subspecies
- Lampropeltis getula floridana
- Lampropeltis getula meansi
- Lampropeltis getula goini
- Lampropeltis getula sticticeps
Notes
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 307. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
Literature
- Pyron, R. Alexander; Frank T. Burbrink 2009. LINEAGE DIVERSIFICATION IN A WIDESPREAD SPECIES: ROLES FOR NICHE DIVERGENCE AND CONSERVATISM IN THE COMMON KINGSNAKE, LAMPROPELTIS GETULA. Molecular Ecology 18: 3443-3457
- Vocabulary-dictionary of zoology. - K., 2002.