34. LAMPROPELTIS 763 
71. Lampropeltis getulus splendida (Baird & Girard) 
Sonoran Mitk SNAKE 
Ophibolus splendidus Batrv & Girarp, Cat. N. Amer. Reptiles, Pt. 1, 
Serpents, 1853, p. 83 (type locality, Sonora, Mexico); Barro, U. S. 
Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. II, Rept., 1859, p. 20, pl. 14, Barro, Rep. 
Pac. R. R. Surv., Vol. X, 1859, p. 43, pl. 30, fig. 58; Cope, Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, p. 310; Srrecker, Baylor Bulletin, 
Vol. XVIII, No. 4, 1915, p. 39. 
Ophibolus sayi Barrp & Grrarp, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, Serpents, 
1853, pp. 85, 159 (part); Marcy, Explor. Red River, 1854, p. 199, 
pl. VII; Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. II, 1888, p. 398. 
Lampropeltis splendida Core Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 255; 
CocKERELL, American Naturalist, Vol. XXX, April, 1896, p. 326; 
Van Densurau, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. VI, 1896, p. 3473 
SreEyNEGER & Barsour, Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., 1917, 
p- 89. 
Coronella getulus var. splendida Jan, Elenco Sist. degli Ofidi, 1863, p. 473 
Jan, Iconogr. Génér. Ophid., 12e livr., 1865, pl. 6, fig. 1. 
Ophibolus getulus splendidus Corr, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 
1875, p. 37; Cougs, Surv. W. 1rooth Merid., Vol. V, 1875, p. 619; 
Garman, Mem. Mus. Compr. Zool., Cambr., Vol. VIII, No. 3, 1883, 
p- 157; YARRow, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 93; Cope, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 14, 1891, p. 613; Cope, Report U. S. 
Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, p. 918, fig. 229. 
Ophibolus getulus sayi Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1901, p. 773 
Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1903, p. 550. 
Lampropeltis getulus splendidus Wricut, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 
1915, p. 148. 
Lampropeltis getulus splendida BLANCHARD, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. 
Univ. Michigan, No. 87, 1920, pp. 2, -; Brancuarp, Bull. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., No. 114, 1921, p. 26, figs. 29, 30. 
Description—Similar to L. g. boylii. Top of head 
slightly flattened posteriorly, curving downward to the 
broad, rounded snout. Temporal regions rarely if ever 
swollen. Rostral plate large, little broader than high, hol- 
lowed below, and bounded behind by internasal, anterior 
nasal and first labial plates. Plates on top of head are a 
pair of internasals, a pair of prefrontals, a short, broad 
frontal, supraocular of each side, and a pair of large parie- 
