88 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1917 



Lampropeltis calligasicr Cope 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 255. 

 Ophibohis calligaster Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 905, fig. 223. 

 TYPE locality: Missouri. 

 RANGE : Illinois and Wisconsin to Texas. 



Lampropeltis, elapsoides (Holbrook) 

 Colvher elapsoides Holbrook 



N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. 2, 1838, p. 123, pi. 28. 

 Osceola elapsoidea Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 900, fig. 221. 

 TYPE locality: South Carolina and Georgia. 

 RANGE : Southeastern states to Florida and Louisiana. 



Lampropeltis getulus ^ (Linne) 

 KING-SNAKi{' CHAIN-SNAKE 



Coluber getulus Linne 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 17C6, p. 382. 

 Lampropeltis getula Cope 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 255. 

 Ophibohis getulus getulus Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. wS. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 914, figs. 227, 228. 

 TYPE locality: Carolina. '^ . ■ 



NGE : Southern New England to Florida. 



Lamprop eltis liolbrooki Ste jneg er 

 Lampropeltis holbroolii Stejneger 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 25, Sept. 8, 1902, p. 152. 

 Ophibohis getvlvs sayi Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 911, fig. 226. 



E locality: Valley of the Mississippi. 



..ge: Louisiaijina to Texas, northward through the states of 

 the Mississippi basin to-LlKnois and Indiana.'-vVi^iClt i-kI-w r C\ 1w.> 



Lampropeltis nitida Van Denburgh ^ * 



Proc. California Ac. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1895, p. 143, pi. 14^ 

 TYPE locality: San Jose del Cabo, Lower California^- 

 RANGE : Southern Lower California. 



-Lampropeltis pyromeiai^na pyxomel&«na (Cope) 

 # v^o-- ^ Ophibohis pyrovielanus Cope 

 ^\Qi^^i Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, p. 305. 



(y .<•'•'' Vj l-The-vatious- forms closely allied to getulus are all treated bioominally since they are as-yet-wery 

 -"■' »C\ inipsaiectly known. / 



