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Lampropeltis knoblochi TAYLOR, 1940

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Lampropeltini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Madrean Mountain Kingsnake, Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake, Knobloch's mountain kingsnake
S: Culebra Real de Chihuahua
G: Knoblochs Königsnatter 
SynonymLampropeltis pyromelana knoblochi TAYLOR 1940
Lampropeltis pyromelana woodini TANNER 1953 (fide BURBRINK et al. 2011)
Lampropeltis pyromelana knoblochi — TANNER 1985: 635
Lampropeltis pyromelana woodini — MEHRTENS 1987: 124
Lampropeltis knoblochi — LEMOS-ESPINAL et al. 2003
Lampropeltis knoblochi — BURBRINK et al. 2011
Lampropeltis knoblochi — CROTHER et al. 2012
Lampropeltis knoblochi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 358 
DistributionMexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
USA (SE Arizona)

Type locality, "Mojarachic, Chihuahua, Mexico."

Type locality: Arizona Cochise, Huachuca Mts., Carr Canyon [woodini]  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 100013, adult male, c,ollected in 1939 by Irving Knobloch.
Holotype: UMMZ 69653, adult female collected 20 July 1930 by H. K. Gloyd, paratype: BYU [woodini] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Distinguished by a higher number of white transverse bars (63-85, mean 74) which do not reach the ventrals but terminate in an irregular lateral light stripe between the 3rd to 5th rows of dorsal scales, and by an anterior expansion of the first white annulus to the orbit. Ventrals 225-238 and white bars equal in number to or more than the total number of caudals. (Tanner 1983) 
CommentDistribution: reported from Sonora by Enderson et al. 2009. 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the holotype, Irving Knobloch. 
References
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