Gray-banded Kingsnake
Lampropeltis alterna

• Order: Squamata
• Suborder: Serpentes
• Family: Colubridae (Colubrid Snakes)
• Species: Lampropeltis alterna (lam-pro-PEL-tis all-TERN-uh)
• Common English Name: Gray-banded Kingsnake
• Common Spanish Name: Culebra Real Rayada de Gris

Lampropeltis alterna. Photographer: Dr. Carl S. Lieb. Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth Co., TX.

Last Update: 14 Jul 2009