Lampropeltini is a tribe of colubrid snake endemic to the New World.

At least 51 species have been recognized and the group have been heavily studied for biogeography, morphology, ecology, and phylogenetics.

[1][2] The internal relationships among the genera has been disputed, but generally the most supported placement of the genera are as follows: Pyron and Burbink (2009) phylogeny of the tribe using 31 species using 7 loci (1 nDNA and 6 mtDNA), as well as incorporating the fossil record:[1] Senticolis Pituophis Pantherophis Bogertophis Pseudelaphe Rhinocheilus Arizona Cemophora Lampropeltis Lampropeltini section from Pryon et al. (2013) in their large scale squamate phylogeny using 4,161 species on 12,896 base pairs from 12 loci (7 nDNA and 5 mtDNA):[3] Senticolis Pituophis Pantherophis Bogertophis Rhinocheilus Arizona Pseudelaphe Cemophora Lampropeltis Lampropeltini section from Figueroa et al. (2016) in their large scale snake phylogeny using 1,745 species on 9,523 base pairs from 10 loci (5 nDNA and 5 mtDNA):[4] Senticolis Rhinocheilus Arizona Pseudelaphe Pantherophis (=Scotophis) Pantherophis sensu stricto Pituophis Bogertophis Cemophora Lampropeltis Dahn et al. (2018) use 20 out of the 51 known species using 14 loci:[2] Senticolis Pituophis Pantherophis Bogertophis Pseudelaphe Arizona Rhinocheilus Cemophora Lampropeltis Some species are among the longest species (Pantherophis obsoletus)[5] and largest species (Pituophis catenifer)[6][7][8][9][10] in North America.

[11] All species kill their prey through constriction.

Many species are in captivity such as kingsnakes and corn snakes.