Summary ⁶

Lampropeltis calligaster is a species of kingsnake known commonly as the prairie kingsnake.

Range description ⁷

This species is endemic to the United States. Its range extends from northern Florida to southern Texas, and north to Nebraska (west to Thayer County, Herpetological Review 20:13), Illinois, Kentucky, and Maryland (Conant and Collins 1991, Tennant 1997, Phillips et al. 1999, Werler and Dixon 2000, Ernst and Ernst 2003).

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1. (c) Zack, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/87418376@N00/233411760
2. (c) Mark Pyle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Pyle
3. (c) Hotchkis Dingleberry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Hotchkis Dingleberry
4. (c) Mallory L. Fontenot, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mallory L. Fontenot
5. (c) Kenneth Bader, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kenneth Bader
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampropeltis_calligaster
7. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31108704

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• Snake Database
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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