Lampropeltis webbi

{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_alt = | image_caption = | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Flores-Villela, O. |date=2007 |title=''Lampropeltis webbi'' |volume=2007 |article-number=e.T63833A12720480 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63833A12720480.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Lampropeltis | species = webbi | authority = [[Robert W. Bryson|Bryson]], [[James R. Dixon|Dixon]] & [[David Lazcano|Lazcano]], 2005 }}

'''''Lampropeltis webbi''''' is a [[species]] of [[king snake]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Colubridae]]. The species is [[endemic]] to [[Mexico]]. Currently, there are only five known specimens, with one being a live snake.<ref name="MH">{{cite journal |last1=Hanson |first1=Robert |last2=Salmon |first2=Gerard |title=Distribution analysis, taxonomic updates, and conservation status of the Lampropeltis mexicana group |journal=Mesoamerican Herpetology |date=30 December 2017 |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=700–758}}</ref>

==Etymology== The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''webbi'', is in honor of [[Americans|American]] [[Herpetology|herpetologist]] [[Robert G. Webb]].<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Lampropeltis|species=webbi|access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref><ref>[[Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]], [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins M]], [[Michael Grayson|Grayson M]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Lampropeltis webbi'', p. 280).</ref>

==Description== Due to the few number of specimens, there is limited knowledge of the range of ''L. webbi'' appearances. Known specimens have a pattern of grey with broad red saddles bordered by black striping. The largest specimen has a length of 75 cm, with specimens having a ventral scale count ranging 216–221 ventral scales. The head is slightly distinct from the neck, with brown eyes slightly protruding from the head.<ref name=MH/>

==Habitat and geographic range== ''Lampropeltis webbi'' has been found in rugged [[Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests|montane pine–oak forest]] in the [[Sierra Madre Occidental]], near the border between the Mexican states of [[Durango]] and [[Sinaloa]].<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> It has been found only on a small stretch of a single highway in this region, with most of the specimens being found dead on the road.<ref name=MH/>

==Reproduction== ''L. webbi'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *[[Robert W. Bryson|Bryson RW]], [[James R. Dixon|Dixon JR]], [[David Lazcano|Lazcano D]] (2005). "New Species of ''Lampropeltis'' (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Occidental, México". ''Journal of Herpetology'' '''39''' (2): 207–214. (''Lampropeltis webbi'', new species). *[[Robert W. Hansen (herpetologist)|Hansen RW]], [[Gerard T. Salmon|Salmon GT]] (2017). "Distribution analysis, taxonomic updates, and conservation status for the ''Lampropeltis mexicana'' group (Serpentes: Colubridae)". ''Mesoamerican Herpetology'' '''4''' (4): 700–758. (''Lampropeltis webbi'', pp. 720–721, 741–742 + Figures 15–18, 30).

[[Category:Lampropeltis|webbi]] [[Category:Endemic reptiles of Mexico]] [[Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 2005]] [[Category:Taxa named by James R. Dixon]]