Utah Milk Snake
Lampropeltis triangulum taylori
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- L. t. taylori – Uintah Co, UT – photo by Brian Hinds (www.naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Lampropeltis t. taylori occurs from southwestern to northern Utah, easterly into west-central Colorado and possibly in extreme northwestern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lampropeltis triangulum taylori (Tanner & Loomis – 1957)
Genus: Lampropeltis, Greek – lampros = shining, beautiful + pelta = small shield – ref. smooth shiny dorsal scales typical of the genus
Species: triangulum, Latin– tri= three + angulum = angle or corner – ref. angle feature of pattern on head of type specimen
Subspecies: taylori, honors Edward H. Taylor
TAXONOMIC NOTE: In recent years, L. t. taylori has been recognized to be synonymous with L. t. celaenops.