Flag for Taxon: Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| graytreefrog | Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) |
This species has recently been split into three species: Lampropeltis occipitolineata (the South Florida Mole Kingsnake), Lampropeltis calligaster (the Prairie Kingsnake), and Lampropeltis rhombomaculata (the Mole Kingsnake). |
Nov. 20, 2019 21:51:18 +0000 | loarie |
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I didn’t realize it was going to update so soon. I suppose it will take care of this. Thanks!
It doesn't look like this made it into the last RD update. I'm happy to continue to wait for RD if you are.
Sounds like what you're proposing is just to elevate each of the 3 ssp of Lampropeltis calligaster (sensu RD) to species status?
Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster ssp. calligaster)
South Florida Mole Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster ssp. occipitolineata)
Mole Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster ssp. rhombomaculata)
closing this since its been 9 months - but FWIW RD hasn't made this change. They've listed Lampropeltis occipitolineata etc as synonyms of Lampropeltis calligaster http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lampropeltis&species=calligaster&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Lampropeltis+occipitolineata%27%29%29 which I think means they are aware of this change but chose not to follow it. I suggest contacting Peter Uetz @ reptile database if you want more information of too lobby for the split
Can the preferred English name please be set to Prairie Kingsnake, rather than Yellow-bellied Kingsnake?
done
OK this is now in RD so planning to split - any objections? see map here
McKelvy, A.D.; F.T. Burbrink 2016. Ecological divergence in the yellow-bellied kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) at two North American biodiversity hotspots. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 61-72 [print 2017]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790316302317?via%3Dihub
RD shows species elevations now and no ssp:
Committed - here's the obs that got rolled back to genus if anyone wants to try to roll them forward:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=any&quality_grade=needs_id%2Cresearch&verifiable=any&id=5074377%2C137334370%2C125556375%2C124199454%2C133253368%2C132823410%2C131402442%2C130712331%2C130862023%2C22238686%2C126523140%2C126526614%2C126529404%2C125568447%2C121078736%2C115249689%2C120406397%2C119581640%2C119613899%2C117059132%2C112402276%2C109965198%2C109850720%2C100491226%2C101286832%2C101286833%2C32189059%2C18786258%2C98971797%2C71641348%2C98276469%2C98276577%2C97597056%2C97990956%2C55356643%2C92808525%2C81355179%2C79674738%2C18578471%2C78446538%2C78447613%2C77826228%2C73737549%2C73737550%2C73737548%2C73737547%2C73737546%2C71965856%2C68508917%2C66574123%2C63913333%2C61915703%2C58051757%2C55435765%2C32207807%2C45158912%2C39619405%2C28553146%2C17650456%2C8793230%2C1025406
I suspect this will be in the Dec Reptile Database update, any reason not to wait for that?