COLUBRIDAE, Oppell, 1811

Krysko, Kenneth L., Burgess, Joseph P., Rochford, Michael R., Gillette, Christopher R., Cueva, Daniel, Enge, Kevin M., Somma, Louis A., Stabile, Jennifer L., Smith, Dustin C., Wasilewski, Joseph A., Kieckhefer Iii, Guy N., Granatosky, Michael C. & Nielsen, Stuart V., 2011, 3028, Zootaxa 3028, pp. 1-64 : 51-53

COLUBRIDAE

The Gray Banded Kingsnake, Lampropeltis alterna ( Brown 1901) , is indigenous to an extremely limited region of southeastern New Mexico, southwestern Texas, and southward into Mexico including the states of Coahuila, eastern Chihuahua, western Nuevo León, Zacatecas, and eastern Durango ( Ernst & Ernst 2003). This species has been introduced to Hawaii and Florida ( Kraus 2009); however, no known voucher exists for Florida. On 25 May 2010, an adult (390 mm SVL) female L. alterna (photographic voucher UF 158776; MorphoBank M88671 ; Fig. 81) was found in a parking lot at 851 North Maitland Avenue, Maitland, Orange County (28.63561 o N, - 81.36607 o W). This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.

The California Kingsnake, Lampropeltis californiae ( Blainville 1835) , is indigenous to western and southwestern North America, from southern Oregon to Baja California, and eastward to Utah, Arizona, and southwestern Colorado ( Stebbins 2003; Krysko & Judd 2006; Pyron & Burbrink 2009), and it has been introduced to Brazil ( Eterovic & Duarte 2002), Grand Canary ( Pether & Mateo 2007), and possibly (i.e., we could not determine because of the recent taxonomic split from L. getula ) Great Britain, and California, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Virginia ( Kraus 2009). Bartlett and Bartlett (2003, 2006c) claimed that this species has been found in Leon, Duval, Alachua, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Lee, Collier, Monroe, Hendry, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, but provided no specific locality nor voucher. In September 1992, KLK collected an adult L. californiae after Hurricane Andrew in Homestead, Miami-Dade County, but no voucher was deposited. In 2002, Lindsay Pike collected a juvenile (670 mm SVL) L. californiae (UF 135053; MorphoBank M88672 ; Fig. 82) DOR on County Road 672, Hillsborough County (27.7926 o N, - 82.3798 o W). On 4 January 2010, Ari Triest collected an adult (ca. 914 mm TL) L. californiae (photographic voucher UF 157279) at 10015 Park Boulevard, Lake Seminole Park, 0.06 km northwest of the park entrance, Seminole, Pinellas County (27.83997 o N, - 82.77453 o W). On 20 June 2010 at 1145 h, Michael Bozich collected an adult L. californiae (photographic voucher UF 157945) at 16730 79 th Court North, Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County (26.79295 o N, - 80.30677 o W). This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from enclosures. These represent the first known vouchers for this species in Florida.

The Honduran Milksnake, Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis Williams 1978 , is indigenous to the Caribbean versant of Honduras south to Costa Rica ( Williams 1988). Various L. triangulum subspecies have been introduced to California, Indiana and Massachusetts, USA, and Brazil ( Eterovic & Duarte 2002; Kraus 2009). On 10 February 2009 at 2300 h, CRG and DC collected a neonate hypomelanistic L. t. hondurensis (556 mm SVL, 633 mm TL; UF 157203; MorphoBank M88673 ; Fig. 83) on a stump of Brazilian Pepper ( Schinus terebinthifolius ) just outside the property of the animal importer's facility at 6450 Stirling Road, Hollywood, Broward County (26.04591 o N, -80.219 76 o W). This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.

The Sinaloan Milksnake, Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae Williams 1978 , is indigenous to Mexico from southwestern Sonora, southwest through Sinaloa to near the southern border of Nayarit, and into southwestern Chihuahua ( Williams 1988). On 10 February 2009 at 2100 h, CRG and DC collected a juvenile (325 mm SVL) L. t. sinaloae (UF 155625; MorphoBank M88674 ; Fig. 84) just outside the property of the animal importer's facility at 6450 Stirling Road, Hollywood, Broward County (26.04591 o N, - 80.21976 o W). This live L. t. sinaloae was located and captured after observing a feral cat ( Felis domesticus ) trying to consume it. This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.

The Texas Ratsnake, Pantherophis obsoletus ( Say 1823) , is indigenous to North America from Texas and Louisiana, north to Minnesota ( Burbrink 2001). Various P. obsoletus subspecies (sensu lato) have been introduced to Massachusetts, Maryland and North Carolina, USA, the Bahamas, Brazil, and Great Britain ( Eterovic & Duarte 2002; Kraus 2009). On 2 March 2009 at 2300 h, CRG and DC collected a juvenile (280 mm SVL) amelanistic P. obsoletus (UF 155624; MorphoBank M88675 ; Fig. 85) coiled approximately 0.3 m above ground on a chain-link fence just outside the property of the animal importer's facility at 6450 Stirling Road, Hollywood, Broward County (26.04591°N, - 80.21976°W). This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.

The Louisiana Pinesnake, Pituophis ruthveni Stull 1929 , is indigenous to a small region of western Louisiana and adjacent eastern Texas (Rodríquez-Robles & De Jesús-Escobar 2000; Ernst & Ernst 2003). On 16 May 2010 at 1645 h, an adult (1302 mm SVL, 1486 mm TL) gravid female P. ruthveni (UF 157954; MorphoBank M88676 ; Fig. 86) was collected near exhibits at Zoo Miami, Miami, Miami-Dade County (25.60395 o N, - 80.4006 o W). On 22 June 2010, this female oviposited three eggs; one egg went full-term and was opened on 14 September 2010 to reveal a dead, fully-developed embryo (UF 164295). On 25 December 2010 at 1215 h, another adult (male, 1425 mm SVL, 1635 mm TL) P. ruthveni (UF 163092) was collected by Oscar Rodriguez in an undeveloped area at Zoo Miami (25.60304 o N, - 80.40295 o W), 0.26 km southwest of the first P. ruthveni . This species likely was released (stage 2) by a zoo visitor. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.