REPRODUCTION IN THE SONORAN MOUNTAIN KINGSNAKE LAMPROPELTIS PYROMELANA (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE)

摘要

Gonadal tissue was examined in 34 museum specimens of Lampropeltis pyromelana collected from Arizona, New Mexico and Sonora, Mexico. The results of this examination supports the premise that this species of kingsnake exhibits a reproductive cycle in which sperm formation occurs in late summer/autumn and is stored overwinter; mating occurs in the spring.