Lampropeltis getula brooksi
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Lampropeltis |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | L. g. brooksi
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Trinomial name | |
Lampropeltis getula brooksi Barbour, 1919
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Lampropeltis getula brooksi (also known as Brooks' kingsnake) is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. Lampropeltis getula brooksi is one of several subspecies of Lampropeltis getula.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The subspecific name, brooksi, is in honor of American zoologist Winthrop Sprague Brooks (1887–1965).[2]
Geographic range
[edit]L. g. brooksi is found in southern Florida.
References
[edit]- ^ "Lampropeltis getula ". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lampropeltis getula brooksi, p. 40).