Lampropeltis webbi BRYSON, DIXON & LAZCANO, 2005

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Lampropeltini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Webb’s kingsnake G: Webbs Königsnatter
Synonym	Lampropeltis webbi BRYSON, DIXON & LAZCANO 2005 Lampropeltis webbi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 360 Lampropeltis webbi — HANSEN & SALMON 2017
Distribution	Mexico (Pacific versant of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mixed Boreal-Tropical habitat near the Durango/Sinaloa state border) Type locality: 4.0 km west of El Palmito on Hwy. 40, Municipio Concordia, Sinaloa, México (23° 33’ 14.2’’ N, 105° 50’ 47.2’’ W), 2000 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UANL 5684
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A species of tricolored kingsnake most closely resembling Lampropeltis pyromelana and Lampropeltis mexicana but differing from those species in a number of characters. Lampropeltis webbi can be distinguished from L. pyromelana based on a primarily black snout, the smaller number of white annuli, and a different head pattern. It differs from L. mexicana in having a higher number of ventral and subcaudal scales and in having a different body pattern. In addition, L. webbi is distinguished from L. pyromelana and L. mexicana and all other members of this genus, by mitochondrial DNA markers. The following combination of nucleotide states within the ND4-Leu gene region is diagnostic for L. webbi in our analysis. The numbers refer to the positions within the aligned sequences referenced in Appendix 1; position 1 corresponds to position 11703 of the complete Dinodon semicarinatus mitochondrial genome (GenBank accession number NC 001945). [from BRYSON et al. 2005] Additional details (511 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Note that the diagnosis of this species is fairly vague. Distribution: see map in HANSEN & SALMON 2017: 722 (Fig. 17).
Etymology	Named after Robert G. Webb (1927-2018) for his countless hours of research on the herpetofauna of northwestern México. See Greenbaum & Zhuang 2019 for an obituary.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Bryson, R.W.; Dixon, J.R. & Lazcano, D. 2005. New species of Lampropeltis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Occidental, México. Journal of Herpetology 39 (2): 207-214 - get paper here Greenbaum, E & Zhuang, M V; 2019. Obituary: Robert Gravem Webb (1927-2018): Specialist on Trionychid turtles and Mexican herpetology. Herpetological Review 50 (3): 656-661 - get paper here Hansen, R. W., and G. T. Salmon. 2017. Distribution analysis, taxonomic updates, and conservation status for the Lampropeltis mexicana group (Serpentes: Colubridae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 700–758 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR 2020. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Sinaloa, Mexico with a conservation status summary and comparisons with neighboring states. ZooKeys 931: 85-114 - get paper here Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Gadsden-Esparza H, Valdez-Lares R, Woolrich-Piña GA 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 748: 65-87 - get paper here Valdez-Lares, R.; R. Muñiz-Martínez; E.Gadsden; G. Aguirre-León; G. Castañeda-Gaytán; R. Gonzalez-Trápaga 2013. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, México. Check List 9 (4):714-724 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/587616033462999/ Google images

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