Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Colubridae Central America North America South America Taxonomy of the genus Lampropeltis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Lampropeltis in general Anonymous. 1967. The shedding king snake. Natural History (New York) 76(1): 56-57. Anonymous. 1976. Geographic distribution: Lampropeltis triangulum amaura (Louisiana Milk Snake). USA: Texas: Parker Co. Herpetological Review 7(3): 124. Allen, E.R.; Neill, W.T. 1957. The king snake. Florida Wild Life 1951 [1957]: 14-15, 19. Applegate, R. 2007. Kingsnakes & Milksnakes in Captivity. Eco Publishing, Lansing. 92 pp. Bartlett, R.D. 1994. Kingsnakes of Florida. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 42(10): 116-118, 120, 122-126. Berg, C. 1901. Herpetological notes. Comun. Mus. Buenos Aires 1: 289-291. Black, A. 2007. King and Milk Snakes: A Complete Guide to Lampropeltis. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 128 pp. Black, J.H. 1987. Curly hair-v-kingsnake. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 3(1): 18-19. Blanchard, F.N. 1920. A synopsis of the king snakes, genus Lampropeltis Fitzinger. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 87: 1-7. Blanchard, F.N. 1921. A revision of the king snakes: genus Lampropeltis. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. Washington 114: 1-260. Blanchard, F.N. 2005. A Revision of the Kingsnakes: Genus Lampropeltis. (Reprint, first published in 1921). Center for North American Herpetology, Lawrence, Kansas. 260 pp. Blaney, R.M.; Zapotosky, J.E.; Zelenskd, S.G.; Weinheimer, A.J.; Kaul, P.N. 1973. Lampropeltis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 150: 1-2. Broadley, D.G. 1969. The African house snakes - how many genera? Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 5(1): 6-8. Bustard, R. 1960. King snakes. Aquarist and Pondkeeper 25: 144-151. Carpenter, C.C.; Gillingham, J.C. 1975. Postural responses to kingsnakes by crotaline snakes. Herpetologica 31(3): 293-302. Chen, X.; Lemmon, A.R.; Lemmon, E.M.; Pyron, R.A.; Burbrink, F.T. 2017. Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 206-218. Coote, J. 1977. Temperature requirements for Lampropeltis and Elaphe. Herptile 2(3): 4-6. Coote, J. 1985. Breeding colubrid snakes, mainly Lampropeltis. pp. 5-17. In: Townson, S. & Lawrence, K. (eds.). Reptiles. Breeding, behavioural and veterinary aspects. British Herpetological Society, London. 124 pp. Coote, J.G.; Riches, R.J. 1978. Captive reproduction in North American colubrids of the genera Lampropeltis and Elaphe. Report Cotswold Herpetological Symposium 1978: 6-15. Dathe, F. 2008. Die Haltung von Königsnattern, Lampropeltis Fitzinger 1843, im Tierpark Berlin. Milu 12(4): 353-371. Dowling, H.G. 1959. Rattles and hisses and rasping scales. Animal Kingdom 62: 140-142. Dowling, H.G.; Maxson, L.R. 1990. Genetic and taxonomic relations of the short-tailed snakes, genus Stilosoma. Journal of Zoology (London) 221(1): 77-85. Dunn, E.R. 1937. Notes on tropical Lampropeltis. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 353: 1-9. Dury, R.; Gessing, W. 1940. Notes on Lampropeltis in Kentucky. Copeia 1940(4): 241-243. Evans, G.M. 1987. The coral snake question. Herptile 12(3): 105-107, 110. Garrett, C.M. 1992. Geographic distribution: Lampropeltis triangulum amaura (Louisiana Milk Snake). Herpetological Review 23(1): 27. Garstka, W.R. 1982. Systematics of the mexicana species group of the colubrid genus Lampropeltis, with an hypothesis mimicry. Breviora 466: 1-35. Goris, R.C. 1983. [Captive reproduction: successes and failures (abstract)]. (In Japanese). Japanese Journal of Herpetology 10(2): 58. Gutzke, W.H.N. 2001. Field observations confirm laboratory reports of defense responses by prey snakes to the odors of predatory snakes. pp. 285-288. In: Marchlewska-Koj, A.; Lepri, J.J.; Mueller-Schwarze, D. (eds.). Chemical signals in vertebrates 9. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. 482 pp. Gutzke, W.H.N.; Tucker, C.; Mason, R.T. 1993. Chemical recognition of kingsnakes by crotalines: effects of size on the ophiophage defensive response. Brain Behavior and Evolution 41(3-5): 234-238. Hawthorne, K. 1971. King snakes and milk snakes. Identification and care in captivity. Herp 8(1-2): 13-21. Hensley, M.M. 1962. Another snake recorded in the diet of the bullfrog. Herpetologica 18: 141. Highton, R. 1956. Systematics and variation of the endemic Florida snake genus Stilosoma. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 1(2): 73-96. Highton, R. 1976. Stilosoma, S. extenuatum. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 183: 1-2. Hoser, R.T. 2012. A three-way division of the New World genus Lampropeltis Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 12: 54-57. Keogh, J.S. 1996. Evolution of the colubrid snake tribe Lampropeltini: a morphological perspective. Herpetologica 52(3): 406-416. Klauber, L.M. 1932. A coral king snake of peculiar coloration. Yosemite Nature Notes 11(9): Unpaginated. Klein, J.; Loop, M.S. 1975. Headfirst prey ingestion by new-born Elaphe and Lampropeltis. Copeia 1975(2): 366. Krysko, K.L.; Nunez, L.P.; Newman, C.E.; Bowen, B.W. 2017. Phylogenetics of Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula complex (Serpentes: Colubridae), in eastern North America. Journal of Heredity 108(3): 226-238 Maresova, J.; Landova, E.; Frynta, D. 2009. What makes some species of Milk Snakes more attractive to humans than others? Theory in Biosciences 128(4): 227-235. Markel, R.G. 1977. Keeping kingsnakes in captivity, with a checklist of the genus Lampropeltis. Herpetology 9(4): 1-5. Markel, R.G. 1979. The kingsnakes: an annotated checklist. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 14(4): 101-116. Markel, R.G. 1990. Kingsnakes and Milk Snakes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 144 pp. Markel, R.G. 1994. Kingsnakes: Care and Breeding in Captivity. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 64 pp. Meade, G.P. 1958. Record life-span for a snake. Copeia 1958: 153. Neill, W.T. 1949. The distribution of milk snakes in Georgia. Herpetologica 5(1): 8. Nevárez-de los Reyes, M.; Banda-Leal, J.; Lazcano, D.; Bryson, R.W.; Hansen, R.W. 2016. Distribution notes: Noteworthy records of snakes of the Lampropeltis mexicana complex from northeastern Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 1055-1058. Peters, U. 1980. Erfahrungen bei der Pflege und Zucht von Königs- und Rattenschlangen. Aquarium (Minden) 14(132): 313-317. Peters, U. 1982. Milch - oder Königsnattern der Gattung Lampropeltis. Aquarium (Minden) 16(158): 436-438. Peters, U. 1989. Lampropeltis - kingsnakes from the U.S.A. Snake Keeper 3(8): 6-8. Plummer, M.V.; Seitz, S.E. 2016. Geographic distribution: Lampropeltis triangulum amaura (Louisiana Milksnake). Herpetological Review 47(2): 263. Rijst, H. van der 1990. Colourful misunderstanding. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 10(5): 206-211. Rossi, J.V.; Rossi, R. 2000. Captive care of North American colubrid snakes (king snakes, rat snakes, indigos, hognoses, garters, waters and others). Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 10(3-4): 31-33. Rossi, J.V.; Rossi, R. 2000. Husbandry of North American colubrid snakes. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 10(3-4): 24-30. Ruane, S.; Torres-Carvajal, O.; Burbrink, F.T. 2015. 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