34. LAMPROPELTIS 765 
172. Lampropeltis californiz (Blainville) 
CatirorniA Mitk SNAKE 
Plate 83 
Coluber (Ophis) Californie Buainvitte, Nouv. Ann. du Mus., Vol. IV, 
1835, p. 292, pl. XXVII, figs. 1-1b (type locality, California); 
Bairp & Grrarp, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, Serp., 1853, p. 153. 
Coronella californie DumMERiL & Bisron, Erpét. Génér., Vol. VI, 1854, 
p- 623. 
Coronella getulus var. californica Jan, Elenco Sist. degli Ofidi, 1863, p. 47; 
Jan, Iconogr. Génér. Ophid., 14e livr., 1865, pl. 5, fig. 3. 
Ophibolus californie Corr, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, p. 373 
Cope, Report U.S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, pl. XIX, fig. 8. 
Ophibolus getulus eisenit Yarrow, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882, 
p- 439 (type locality, Fresno, California); Yarrow, Bull. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 94. 
Ophibolus getulus californie Garman, Mem. Mus. Compr. Zool., Cambr., 
Vol. VIII, No. 3, 1883, p. 157; Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 
XIV, 1892, p. 614; Cope, Report U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, 
P- 922, fig. 231; Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. 1go1, p. 78; 
Dirmars, Reptile Book, 1907, pp. 341, 363. 
Coronella getula BouLencer, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., Vol. II, 1894, 
p- 197 (part). 
Lampropeltis californie Van DeNBURGH, Occas. Papers Cal. Acad. Sci., 
V, 1897, p. 172, fig.; McLain, Critical Notes, 1899, p. 11; VAN 
DensurcH, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1912, pp. 149, 
151; Grinnett & Camp, Univ. Cal. Publ. Zool., Vol. 17, No. 10, 
1917, p. 187; SreyNEGER & Barsour, Check List N. Amer. Amph. 
Rept., 1917, p. 87; Hatt & GrINnNELL, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 
Vol. 9, No. 2, 1919, p. 54; STEPHENS, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. 
Hist., Vol. III, No. 4, 1921, p. 64; Van DenBurcu & Stevin, Proc. 
Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. XI, 1921, p. 52; Netson, Mem. Nat. 
Acad. Sci., Vol. XVI, 1921, p. 114. 
Lampropeltis california californie BLANCHARD, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. 
Univ. Michigan, No. 87, 1920, pp. 3, -; BrancHarp, Bull. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., No. 114, 1921, p. 94, fig. 22. 
Description.—Similar to L. g. boylii in everything but 
color. Top of head slightly flattened posteriorly, curving 
downward to broad rounded snout. Temporal regions rarely 
