Lampropeltis getulus

No picture of Lampropeltis getulus was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Lampropeltis getulus itself, so it was not used. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Lampropeltis getulus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
kingsnakePBDB
Sits inside
LampropeltisPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Lampropeltis
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Lampropeltis
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Amniota

Time the record covers

At least 9.2 million years on record.

The record covers at least 9.4 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 12.5 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 5 of 32 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 4 of 32 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 23 of 32 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 0 of 32 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences12–12 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences10–10.0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences10.0–9.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.5–9.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.1–8.7 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences8.7–8.2 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences8.2–7.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences7.8–7.4 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences7.4–6.9 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences6.9–6.5 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences6.5–6.1 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences6.1–5.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.6–5.2 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.2–4.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.8–4.3 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences4.3–3.9 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences3.9–3.5 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences3.5–3.0 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences3.0–2.6 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences2.6–2.2 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.2–1.7 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.7–1.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.3–867 ka Mya — about 3 occurrences867 ka–433 ka Mya — about 3 occurrences433 ka–0 Mya — about 13 occurrences9.4 Mya129 ka13 Mya0 Mya

32 occurrences of Lampropeltis getulus on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

32 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

11 formations

Kingsdown — 37.20°N, 100.30°WRexroad — 37.20°N, 100.30°WRexroad — 37.13°N, 100.48°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 101.89°WAsh Hollow — 42.63°N, 100.05°WBidahochi — 35.80°N, 110.10°WBermont — 27.70°N, 82.50°WLong Pine — 42.38°N, 98.23°WRingold — 47.00°N, 118.50°WAlachua — 29.55°N, 82.52°WWicomico — 29.42°N, 82.22°WSan Pedro — 33.75°N, 118.28°WCrooked Creek — 37.20°N, 100.30°W

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The named rock units Lampropeltis getulus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lampropeltis getulus and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Lampropeltis getulus and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

973 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 32 sites for Lampropeltis getulus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

25 references

Each of the 32 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 13 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

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Licence
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Specimen
LAMPROPELTIS GETULUS · UMMZ:Herps:218638

No picture of Lampropeltis getulus was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Lampropeltis getulus itself, so it was not used.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Lampropeltis getulus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itLampropeltis through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Linnaeus 1766)