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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataReptiliaSquamataColubridaeLampropeltis

Speckled Kingsnake
Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger, 1902

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Colubridae
Genus Lampropeltis
Species Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger, 1902

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Arkansas.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Arkansas

Counties

Arkansas
Stone

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2019.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

NE
S1 Critically Imperiled
Texas
S5 Secure
Louisiana
S5 Secure
Mississippi
SNR Unranked
Illinois
S4 Apparently Secure
Colorado
S1 Critically Imperiled
Kansas
S5 Secure
Alabama
SNR Unranked
Missouri
S5 Secure
Iowa
S1 Critically Imperiled
Arkansas
S5 Secure
New Mexico
SNR Unranked
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.

How to cite this account

Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger, 1902. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2552. https://cavebiology.org/species/lampropeltis-holbrooki/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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