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Lampropeltis triangulum (milk snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Lampropeltis triangulum was named by Lacépède (1788). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Lampropeltis triangulum Lacépède
1985Lampropeltis triangulum Holman
1995Lampropeltis triangulum Parmley and Holman p. 83
2010Lampropeltis triangulum Parmley and Hunter p. 531

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusLampropeltisFitzinger 1843
speciestriangulumLacépède 1788

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lampropeltis triangulum Lacépède 1788 [milk snake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 15:58:55
Modified: 2005-09-06 17:58:55
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Clarendonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 12.50000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Lampropeltis triangulum (18327)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Lampropeltis triangulum (18225)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Lampropeltis triangulum (18126 18247)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Lampropeltis triangulum (19954 19960)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Lampropeltis triangulum (123875 124319 125951)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Lampropeltis triangulum (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Lampropeltis triangulum (20354)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Lampropeltis triangulum (20337)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oklahoma) Lampropeltis triangulum (20157)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Lampropeltis triangulum (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Lampropeltis triangulum (13066)