U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Expert:
Peter Uetz
Notes:
Associate Professor, CSBC
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Source:
Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined
Acquired:
2004-08-17
Notes:
Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Source:
Reptile Database (2017)
Acquired:
2017-07-13
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Smith, Hobart M., and Edward H. Taylor
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1945-01-01 / 1945-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
An annotated checklist and key to the snakes of Mexico
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin United States National Museum, no. 187
Page(s):
iv + 239
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7894923
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Zweifel, Richard G.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1974-01-01 / 1974-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Lampropeltis zonata
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Page(s):
174.1-174.4
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lampropeltis zonata
Lampropeltis zonata: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Native
Lampropeltis zonata: Comments
Comment:
Blainville (1835:293) coined the name 'C.[oluber] (Zacholus) zonatus,' but the description is considered by most to be inadequate for definite assignment to a species, and to have been so when it was originally coined; the type specimen was apparently lost by the 1880s. Lockington (1876:52-53) described 'Bellophis zonatus nov. sp.' and said it was 'very probably the same species' as Blainville's, and 'for this reason I have preserved his specific name of zonatus.' There has been disagreement about whether or not this constitutes a homonymy, but Smith and Taylor (1945:84-85) argue that since the names cannot be said to clearly apply to different species, they should not be considered homonyms, and that based on the handling of similar cases in ICZN Opinion 126 (from the 1930s, see p.485), authorship for the currently-recognized species should be given as Lapropeltis zonatus (Lockington ex Blainville, 1876). This view was followed by Zweifel (1974:174.2), as well