Environments-
Australia
Belize
Costa Rica
Cambodia
East Malaysia (Sabah, Borneo)
Grenada & the Grenadines
Thailand
Trinidad & Tobago
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Amphibians-
Aromobatidae Fragrant Frogs
Arthroleptidae -Squeakers & Relatives
Bombinatoridae - Firebellied Toads
Bufonidae-True Toads
North American Toads
Neotropical Toads
Centrolenidae-Glass Frogs
Ceratophryidae-Horned Frogs, Etc
Dendrobatidae-Poison Frogs
Dicroglossidae-Forked Tongued Frogs
Eleutherodactylidae - Free-toed Frogs
Hemiphractidae-Marsupial Frogs
Hylidae –Treefrogs
North American Hyla
Neotropical Hypsiboas
Cricket Frogs & Chorus Frogs
Pelodryadinae: Australian Treefrogs
Phyllomedusinae, Monkey Treefrogs
Scinax, Snouted Treefrogs
Central American Treefrogs, Smilisca
Leiuperidae-Puddle Frogs
Leptodactylidae-Delicate Toed Frogs
Mantellidae - Malagasy Frogs
Megophryidae-Litter Frogs
Microhylidae-Narrowmouth Toads
Petropedetidae, African Water Frogs
Pipidae-Tongueless Frogs
Pyxicephalidae-African Box Headed Frogs
Ranidae-True Frogs
Ranidae - Asian Species
Rhacophoridae-Afro-Asian Treefrogs
Scaphiopodidae-American Spadefoots
Strabomantidae- Squinting Prophet Frogs
Order Caudata - Salamanders & Newts
Ambystomatidae-Mole Salamanders
Amphiumidae-Amphiumas/ Congo Eels
Plethodontidae-Lungless Salamanders
Proteidae-Waterdogs & Mudpuppies
Salamandridae-Newts
Sirenidae-Sirens
Order Gymnophiona –
Common Caecilians
Caeciliidae
 
REPTILES

Turtles & Tortoises
Carretochelidae-Pignosed Turtles
Chelidae-Austro-American Sidenecks
Cheloniidae-Sea Turtles
Chelydridae-Snapping Turtles
Dermochelyidae-Leatherback Turtles
Emydidae-Common Turtles
Geoemydidae-Asian River Turtles, Etc.
Kinosternidae-Mud and Musk Turtles
Pelomedusidae - Afro-American Sidenecks
Testudinidae-Tortoises
Trionychidae-Softshell Turtles
Alligators, Crocodiles & Relatives

 

 

 

Squamates-

Agamidae -Agamas
Acanthosaura- Tree Lizards
Calotes, Crested Lizards
Draco, Gliding Lizards
Leiolepsis & Uromastyx, Keeld Tail Lizards
Gonocephalus, Anglehead Lizards
Pogona, Bearded Dragons
Amphisbaenidae-Worm Lizards
Anguidae-Glass Lizards & Relatives
Chamaeleonidae-Chameleons
Corytophanidae-Casquehead Lizards
Crotaphanidae -Collared & Leopard Lizards
Diplodactylidae-Southwest Pacific Geckos
Eublepharidae-Laurasian Eyelash Geckos
Gekkonidae- Common Geckos
Cyrtodactylus, Bent-Toed Geckos
Gekko gecko Page
Hemidactylus Gecko Page
Phelsuma Gecko Page
Uroplatus, Flat-tailed Geckos
Sphaerodactylidae, Dwarf Geckos
Gymnopthalmidae-Spectacled Lizards
Helodermatidae-Gila Monsters
Iguanidae-Iguanas & Relatives
Lacertidae-Wall Lizards
Opluridae - Malagasy Iguanid Lizards
Phrynosomatidae-Horned Lizards & Relatives
Phyllodactylidae-Trans-Atlantic Geckos
Polychrotidae-Anoles
Pygopodidae - Flap Footed Lizards
Scincidae-Skinks
Skinks of the Genus Plestiodon
Shinisauridae-Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Teiidae-Whiptails & Tegus
Tropiduridae-Neotropical Ground Lizards
Varanidae-Monitor Lizards
Xantusiidae-Night Lizards

Snakes-

Acrochordidae-File Snakes
Boidae-Boas
Colubridae-Common Snakes
North American Colubrids
Lampropeltis, Kingsnakes
Pantherophis, North American Rat Snakes
Pituophis, Bullsnakes, Gopher snakes, etc
Green Snakes, Opheodrys
Central & South American Colubrids
Asian Colubrids
Cylindrophiidae-Asian Pipe Snakes
Dipsididae-New World Thirst Snakes
N. A. Thirst Snakes Heterodontinae
Central American Thirst Snakes Dipsadinae
South American Thirst Snakes, Xenodontinae
Elapidae-Cobras, Coral Snakes, Kraits, Etc.
The Kraits, Bungarus
The Coral Snakes, Micrurus, Etc.
Cobras, Naja & Ophiophagus
Erycidae-The Sand Boas
Homalopsidae-Oriental-Australian Mud Snakes
Hydrophiinae-Sea Snakes & Their Relatives
Natricidae-Water Snakes
Asian Natricinae

Thamnophiinae-New World Natricids
Nerodia-North American Watersnakes
Thamnophis-Garter & Ribbon Snakes
Pareatidae-Oriental Slug Eating Snakes
Pythonidae-Pythons
Tropidophiidae-Wood Snakes
Ungaliophiidae-Dwarf Boas
Viperidae-Vipers & Pit Vipers
Crotalinae - The Pit Vipers
The Rattlesnakes - Crotalus & Sistrurus
Lanceheads - Bothrops Etc.
The Pit Vipers of the Agkistrodon Complex
Asian Pit Vipers - Cryptelytops, Trimeresurus
Viperinae - The Vipers
Xenodermatidae-The Strange Scaled Snakes Xenopeltidae-Sunbeam Snakes

Gray-Banded Kingsnake, Lampropeltis alterna (Brown, 1902). A captive specimen from an unknown locality. It is endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert and Edwards Plateau of west Texas where it lives at elevations of 450-2357 m. Much of its time is spent in rock crevices and it is mostly active at night. It feeds primarily on lizards, but will also take rodents and frogs.
 
Yellow-Bellied Kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827). This is a species of open habitats, grasslands, agricultural fields, open woodlands, and urban environments. Much of its time is spent underground. It ranges from central Kentucky westward to Nebraska, Oklahoma and eastern Texas. It is absent from much of the Gulf Coast but has isolated populations in peninsular Florida. It will take a variety of prey, but the literature and personal observations suggest rodents are often eaten.
 
California Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula californiae (Blainville, 1835). This subspecies of the common kingsnake comes in two common morphs in the wild, banded and striped. Photos of captive specimens.
 
Eastern Milk Snake, Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum (Lacepede, 1788). Monroe County, Wisconsin.
 
Scarlet Kingsnake, Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides (Holbrook, 1838).
 
Central Plains Milk Snake, Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis (Baird and Girard, 1853). Note that this specimen may be an integrade between L. t. gentilis and the Pale Milk Snake, L. t. multistriata.
 
Honduran Milk Snake, Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis Williams, 1978.
 
 
The nine species of Lampropeltis are commonly called "kingsnakes." The generic name means "shiny shield" because of their highly polished dorsal scales, but each scale usually has two apical pits. Kingsnakes kill their prey by constriction, and are not known to cause envenomation in humans. Their diet tends to be catholic, they will feed on other snakes, lizards, rodents, birds, and eggs as well as some invertebrates. Kingsnakes tend to be resistant to snake venoms and are known to eat pit vipers and coral snakes . They are commonly kept as pets, and some species and subspecies have been bred for pattern and color mutations. Some kingsnakes have evolved to be coral snake mimics, such as the Scarlet Kingsnake. The rhymes used to distinguish between the coral snake and its mimics (such as "Red and black nice to Jack. Red and yellow kills a fellow.") are only valid for kingsnakes and coral snakes in the USA. Kingsnakes are distributed from from southern Canada southward through the USA, Mexico, and Central America into Ecuador and Venezuela.