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Lampropeltis elapsoides
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Translingual
thumb|Lampropeltis elapsoides, mul US-GA.
Etymology
Binomial compound of mul Lampropeltis f en kingsnake, en milk snake elapsoīdēs la-new mf elapsoid, similar to Elaps genus-genus snakes elapsoid kingsnake/milk snake. The species is named as such due to its visual similarity to en coral snake coral snakes, many formerly placed in the genus Elaps genus.
Proper noun
f 1 Lampropeltis elapsoides mul
species family Colubridae scarlet kingsnake or scarlet milk snake
Hypernyms
species Squamata order order; Serpentes suborder; Caenophidia clade clade; Colubroidea superfamily superfamily; Colubridae family family; Colubrinae subfamily subfamily; Lampropeltis genus genus
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