Lampropeltis getula brooksi

Lampropeltis getula brooksi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Lampropeltis
Species:	L. getula
Subspecies:	L. g. brooksi
Trinomial name
	Lampropeltis getula brooksi; Barbour, 1919

Lampropeltis getula brooksi (also known as Brooks' kingsnake) is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. Lampropeltis getula brooksi is one of several subspecies of Lampropeltis getula.[1]

Etymology

The subspecific name, brooksi, is in honor of American zoologist Winthrop Sprague Brooks (1887–1965).[2]

Geographic range

L. g. brooksi is found in southern Florida.

References

"Lampropeltis getula ". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lampropeltis getula brooksi, p. 40).

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[1] "Lampropeltis getula ". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lampropeltis getula brooksi, p. 40).