Scarlet King Snake
Lampropeltis elapsoides
Summary 7
Lampropeltis elapsoides, commonly known as the scarlet kingsnake, is a nonvenomous species of kingsnake found in the southeastern and eastern portions of the United States. They are found in pine flatwoods, hardwood hammocks, prairies, cultivated fields, and suburban areas. Long thought to be divergent from other tricolored kingsnakes and milksnakes, Pyron & Bubrink demonstrated the phylogenetic distinction of this species and its closer relationship to the mountain kingsnakes of the Southwest than to milksnakes. These fossorial...
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Todd Pierson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/40293555@N03/4452960492
- (c) 2011 Todd Pierson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=347579&one=T
- (c) 2011 Todd Pierson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=347580&one=T
- (c) Jenna L. Welch, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=herps&irn=7005881
- (c) Jenna L. Welch, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=herps&irn=7005882
- (c) Biodiversity Heritage Library, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7209658136_5bd3c85b73_o.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampropeltis_elapsoides
