Species: Lampropeltis zonata
California Mountain Kingsnake
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Lampropeltis
NatureServe
Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Reptiles - Snakes
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae - Lampropeltis - , by Grismer (2002).
Ecology and Life History
Migration
true - false - false
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Eats lizards, squamate eggs, mammals, and birds; juveniles feed on lizards, especially spiny lizards (<i>Sceloporus</i>) and skinks (<i>Eumeces</i>) (Greene and Rodriguez-Robles (2003).
Reproduction Comments
Limited data indicate that mating occurs in April-May, clutch size is 2-9 (usually 4-6?), egg laying occurs in June-July (captives may lay as late as August), incubation in captivity may last 53-63 days, and hatching occurs in August-September; apparently, not all mature females breed each year (Goldberg 1995).
Length
102
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2005-09-09
Global Status Last Changed
2001-05-21
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
F - 20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles) - F - The range extends from southwestern Oregon south along coastal and interior mountains of California to northern Baja California (Sierra Juarez, Sierra San Pedro Martir), with isolated populations in south-central Washington and apparently also adjacent northern Oregon, from near sea level to about 2,750 meters (9,000 feet) (Stebbins 2003). The population on the southern island of Isla Todos Santos, Baja California, was treated as a distinct species, <i>L. herrerae</i>, by Grismer (2002).
Global Range Code
F
Global Range Description
20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)