Lampropeltis catalinensis VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN, 1921

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Lampropeltini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Santa Catalina Kingsnake G: Santa Catalina Königsnatter
Synonym	Lampropeltis catalinensis VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921 Lampropeltis catalinensis — CLIFF 1954 Lampropeltis getulus catalinensis — MURPHY & OTTLEY 1984 Lampropeltis catalinensis — GRISMER 1999 Lampropeltis catalinensis — HEIMES 2016: 85 Lampropeltis catalinensis — JOHNSON et al. 2017 Lampropeltis catalinae — GONZÁLEZ-SÁNCHEZ et al. 2023 (in error)
Distribution	Mexico: Baja California: Isla Santa Catalina). Type locality: “Santa Catalina Isla, Gulf of California, Mexico”.
Reproduction	oviparous. KREUTZ (2005) reports hybrids between Elaphe (= Pantherophis) guttata and Lampropeltis getulus californiae, between E. (P.) guttata and L. pyromelana, between E. (P.) guttata and L. triangulum sinaloae/nelsoni, and between E. (P.) guttata and L. zonata!
Types	Holotype: CAS 50514, given as CAS 50515 by González-Sánchez et al. 2023: 18
Diagnosis	Diagnosis. No transverse markings; a dark purplish brown longitudinal dorsal band about five scales wide from head to end of tail. All lateral scales yellowish white with narrow purplish brown borders. Along the middorsal line, at nearly regular intervals of three or four scales, are small yellowish white spots on single scales. Head dark brown above and laterally, with temporals, oculars, lore al, nasals, rostral, and lab are rontals, small yellowish white markings on internasals, surfaces chiefly black, marbled with yellowish white laterally on most of the gastrosteges, and centrally on a few; the distal urosteges and the genials and gulars yellowish white with black or dark brown margins. Superior labials 8-8. Scale rows 23. Gastrosteges 228. Urosteges 63. (Van Denburgh & Slevin 1921)
Comment	Subspecies: GRISMER 1999 elevated Lampropeltis getulus catalinensis to full (evolutionary) species status although there is only one specimen (and thus no variation) known. The subspecies is not listed in LINER 1994.
Etymology	Specific epithet refers to the type locality.
References	Cliff, Frank S. 1954. Snakes of the islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 12 (5): 67-98 - get paper here Grismer, L. Lee. 1999. An evolutionary classification of reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California, México. Herpetologica 55 (4): 446-469 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Johnson, J. D., L. D. Wilson, V. Mata-Silva, E. García-Padilla, and D. L. DeSantis. 2017. The endemic herpetofauna of Mexico: organisms of global significance in severe peril. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (3): 544–620 - get paper here Murphy, R. W.; Ottley, J. R. 1984. Distribution of amphibians and reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 53 (8): 207-230 - get paper here Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, and Wilson LD. 2023. The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1&2): 57–142 Van Denburgh, J.; Slevin, J. R. 1921. Preliminary diagnoses of more new species of reptiles from islands in the gulf of California, Mexico. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 11 (17): 395-398 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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