Lampropeltis triangulum

Milk Snake

Lacepede, 1789

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
SubOrder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae

Description

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Distribution

USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.

Habitat & Ecology

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Reproduction

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Conservation

Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens reptiles worldwide.

Other Comments

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References

Auth, D.L. 1994 Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Panama, Smithsonian Herptological Information Service. 98.
Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp
Savage, J.M. 2002 The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica University of Chicago Press. 934 pp.
Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.

Other Available References from the EMBL REPTILE DATABASE

Baird & Girard (1853) Cat. North Am. Rept. Mus. Smiths. Inst. 1. Serpents.
Barbour (1950) Copeia 1950 (1): 100-107
Blanchard (1928) Copeia (167): 42-51
Blanchard (1920) Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (81): 1-10
Bocourt (1886) Mission Scientifique Mexique, Paris, Vol. 3
Conant & Collins (1991) Field Guide Rept. Amph. E/C North America, 3rd ed.
Cope (1889) Proc. U. S. Natl. mus. 11: 381-394
Cope (1860) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 241-266
Dunn (1937) Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (353): 1-11
Kennicott (1860) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 328-338
Keogh (1996) Herpetologica 52 (3): 406-416
Kornacker (1999) Checklist snakes Venezuela, Rheinbach, 270 pp.
LACÉPÈDE (1789) Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et de Serpens. Vol.2.
Martof (1955) Copeia 1955 (4): 302-305
Powell etc. (1981) Salamandra, 17 (1/2): 83-86
Quinn (1983) Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 86: 113-135.
Smith (1942) Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 8: 246
Smith (1945) Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 8: 202
Stebbins (1985) Field Guide Western Rept. and Amph., 2nd ed.
Stejneger (1902) Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 25 [1902]: 149-158
Stuart (1935) Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (309): 1-6
Tanner etc. (1957) Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 60 (1): 12-42
Williams (1978) Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Publ. Biol. Geol. No. 2, 258 pp.
Williams (1994) Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 594 1994: 1-10
Woodbury etc. (1950) Herpetologica 6: 66-70.

Reference written by Mark Tway, Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
Page last updated 24 February, 2003
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