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Lampropeltis californiae

reptile snake Difficulty not yet assessed

Overview Taxonomy Media Care Sheet Related Knowledge Community Experience Community Consensus Research Evidence Scientific Consensus References Revision History

Overview

reptile

Taxon group

snake

Group type

Not assessed

IUCN status

Not verified

CITES appendix

Unknown

Venomous

low

Overall confidence

CITES: CITES status has not yet been verified. No conclusion should be drawn from its absence — this species has not been checked against the Appendices, which is not the same as being unregulated.

Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Review status: unreviewed

Native Distribution

Reviewed native country Other land (context only)

Native to Mexico and South Africa.

Source: GBIF reviewed native occurrence (MX).
Review status: Approved for public display
Last reviewed: July 30, 2026

Country boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m Admin 0 – Countries (public domain). Shading marks reviewed national presence, not whole-country occupancy.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Colubridae
Genus Lampropeltis
Species Lampropeltis californiae

Scientific synonyms

No scientific synonyms recorded.

Media

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Care Sheet

This species has a published care sheet. It is assembled from published, cited sections and states which of its sections are still unpublished, and why.

Last published 2026-07-30

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Related Knowledge

Every other published Knowledge Publishing Platform document about this species, grouped by category — species profiles, genetics articles, disease articles, husbandry guides, and equipment guides, as each type is published.

No published knowledge documents here yet beyond the care sheet above.

Community Experience

No community experiences have been approved for this species yet.

Community Consensus

Areas of strong agreement

Ongoing debates

Contributors

No community consensus data yet for this species.

Community consensus reflects patterns across keeper-submitted observations. It is never presented as official husbandry guidance — see the Care Sheet above for reviewed content.

Research

Research coverage

Counts of records, not an estimate: RKB publishes no completeness percentage or per-species confidence figure, so none is shown.

Sections with cited evidence

of 27 researchable sections

Sections with any record

of 27 researchable sections

Cited facts

of 9 recorded facts

Published references

distinct sources cited for this species

Knowledge gaps

No published evidence recorded (24)

RKB holds no sourced fact for these sections yet. This describes RKB's records, not the species — it is not a claim that the section does not apply.

Overviewawaiting research
Habitatawaiting research
Adult Sizeawaiting research
Lifespanawaiting research
Activity Patternawaiting research
Temperatureawaiting research
Humidityawaiting research
Lightingawaiting research
UVBawaiting research
Enclosure Sizeawaiting research
Enclosure Designawaiting research
Furnishingsawaiting research
Substrateawaiting research
Waterawaiting research
Dietawaiting research
Feedingawaiting research
Sheddingawaiting research
Handlingawaiting research
Behaviourawaiting research
Breedingawaiting research
Incubationawaiting research
Common Health Conditionsawaiting research
Preventive Careawaiting research
Quarantineawaiting research

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Research sessions

No research sessions recorded yet.

Evidence

Every official field below is traceable to the source(s) that support it.

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Evidence strength by section

Classification Well supported 2 sources · strongest: Gold standard
Native Distribution Supported 1 source · strongest: High quality
Conservation Status Supported 1 source · strongest: High quality

Field	Value	Confidence	Sources
species.distribution:MX	MX	high confidence	Global Biodiversity Information Facility record 8170369
species.distribution:ZA	ZA	high confidence	Global Biodiversity Information Facility record 8170369
species.iucn_status	LC	high confidence	Global Biodiversity Information Facility record 8170369
species.scientific_name	Lampropeltis californiae	verified confidence	Integrated Taxonomic Information System record 1082675; Global Biodiversity Information Facility record 8170369
species.taxon_rank:class	Reptilia	high confidence	Integrated Taxonomic Information System record 1082675
species.taxon_rank:family	Colubridae	verified confidence	Integrated Taxonomic Information System record 1082675; Global Biodiversity Information Facility record 8170369
species.taxon_rank:genus	Lampropeltis	verified confidence	Integrated Taxonomic Information System record 1082675; Global Biodiversity Information Facility record 8170369
species.taxon_rank:order_name	Squamata	high confidence	Integrated Taxonomic Information System record 1082675
species.taxon_rank:suborder	Serpentes	high confidence	Integrated Taxonomic Information System record 1082675

Scientific-source consensus

Selected from reviewed scientific evidence after normalization and source-independence grouping. This is separate from keeper community consensus; minority and ignored evidence remain in the audit record.

No persisted scientific-source consensus has been calculated for this species yet.

References

Source	Type	Quality	Citations
Global Biodiversity Information Facility record 8170369	government agency	High Quality	6
Integrated Taxonomic Information System record 1082675	government agency	Gold Standard	6

Revision History

No reviewed care sheet has been published for this species yet, so there is no publication history to show.

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