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title: "Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake"
description: "Lampropeltis knoblochi — Répteis. Lampropeltis knoblochi, commonly known as the Madrean mountain kingsnake, Knobloch's mountain kingsnake , or the Chihuahuan mountain kingsnake, is a species of colubrid snake residing in western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/chihuahuan-mountain-kingsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake

> Lampropeltis knoblochi — Répteis. Lampropeltis knoblochi, commonly known as the Madrean mountain kingsnake, Knobloch's mountain kingsnake , or the Chihuahuan mountain kingsnake, is a species of colubrid snake residing in western North America.

- Scientific name: *Lampropeltis knoblochi*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montanhas), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 528
- Wikidata: [Q15237862](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15237862)
- iNaturalist taxon: [318053](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/318053)

## Names

- en: Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake
- de: Chihuahua-Königsnatter
- es: Falsa coralillo real de Chihuahua

## Countries with the most observations

US (444), MX (53)

## Summary

Lampropeltis knoblochi, commonly known as the Madrean mountain kingsnake, Knobloch's mountain kingsnake , or the Chihuahuan mountain kingsnake, is a species of colubrid snake residing in western North America.
It is a coral snake mimic, having nearly the same pattern on its body, except instead on yellow, the kingsnake has white crossbands.
It lives mostly on the mountains of its relatively small Sonoran Desert region, in Sonora, Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampropeltis_knoblochi

## Photo

![Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chihuahuan-mountain-kingsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alejandro Sigala Chávez · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194776891

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chihuahuan-mountain-kingsnake?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).