Lampropeltis leonis

{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox |image= Nuevo León kingsnake (Lampropeltis leonis) 2.jpg |image_caption= |genus=Lampropeltis |species=leonis |authority=([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1893) |synonyms={{species list |Coronella leonis|Günther, 1893 |Lampropeltis leonis|Blanchard, 1920 |Lampropeltis thayeri|Loveridge, 1924 |Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri|Gehlbach and Baker, 1962 (in part) |Lampropeltis mexicana|Garstka, 1982 (in part) |Lampropeltis mexicana thayerii|Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008 (unjustified emendation) }} |synonyms_ref=<ref name=hansen2017/> }}

'''''Lampropeltis leonis''''', known as the '''Nuevo León kingsnake''' or '''variable kingsnake''',<ref name="sierra">[http://www.sierraherps.com/species/species-accounts-leonis/ Nuevo Leon Kingsnake], ''SierraHerps.com'', January 18, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2020.</ref> is a species of [[colubrid]] [[snake]] [[endemic]] to northeastern Mexico.<ref name=hansen2017/><ref name=rdb/><ref name=elsevier/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=elsevier>{{cite book|last=Wrobel|first=Murray|title=Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles|year=2004|publisher=Elsevier, 2004|isbn=9780080459202|pages=758|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=flNRoNKHq80C&dq=lampropeltis+mexicana+thayeri&pg=PA267}}</ref> <ref name=hansen2017>Hansen, R. W., and G. T. Salmon. 2017. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20181217110703/http://mesoamericanherpetology.com/uploads/3/4/7/9/34798824/mh4-4hansen-and-salmon.pdf Distribution analysis, taxonomic updates, and conservation status for the Lampropeltis mexicana group (Serpentes: Colubridae)]}}. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 700–758. Accessed 16 December 2018.</ref> <ref name=rdb>{{NRDB species|genus=Lampropeltis|species=leonis|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> }}

[[Category:Lampropeltis|leonis]] [[Category:Snakes of North America]] [[Category:Endemic reptiles of Mexico]] [[Category:Endemic fauna of Northeastern Mexico]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1893]] [[Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther]]