88 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1917 



Lampropeltis calligaster Cope 



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

 Ophiholus 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) 



Coluber 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-SNAKE, CHAIN-SNAKE 



Coluber getulus Linne 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766. p. 382. 

 Lampropeltis getula Cope 



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

 Ophibolus geinlus getulus Cope 



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

 TYPE locality: Carolina. 

 RANGE : Southern New England to Florida. 



Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger 

 Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger 



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

 Ophibolus getidus sayi Cope 



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

 TYPE locality: Valley of the Mississippi. 



range: Louisianna to Texas, northward through the states of 

 the Mississippi basin to Illinois and Indiana. 



Lampropeltis nitida Van Denburgh 

 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 pjrromelaena pyromelaena (Cope) 

 Ophibolus pyromelanus Cope 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, p. 305. 



1 The various forms closely allied to getulus are all treated binominally since they are as yet very 

 imperfectly known. 



