1917] Grinnell-Camp: Amphibians and Reptiles of California 187 
Wild Rose Springs, in Inyo County (Meek, Field Columb. Mus., zool. 
ser., 7, 1905 [1906], p. 15). There is a specimen in the U. S. National 
Museum from Avalon, Santa Catalina Island [see also Cooper, Proe. 
Calif. Acad. Sci., 4, 1870, p. 79]. Occurs in the Lower and Upper 
Sonoran and Transition life-zones. Shows no special restriction in 
habitat. 
Lampropeltis conjuncta Cope 
Black King Snake 
OriagwwaL Description.—Lampropeltis boylii var. conjuncta Cope, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1861, pp. 301-302. 
Type Locauiry.—Cape San Lueas [Lower California, Mexico]. 
SYNONYM. 
Ophibolus getulus boyliv, part. 
Common Name.—California King Snake, part. 
Rance.—Colorado River bottom. Has been taken near Pilot Knob 
and 5 miles northeast of Fort Yuma (nos. 1837 and 1838, Mus. Vert. 
Zool.), and at Fort Yuma (Cope, loc. cit.). These stations are all in 
Imperial County and le within the Lower Sonoran life-zone. 
Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville) 
California King Snake 
OriGINAL DeEscription.—Coluber (Ophis) Californiae Blainville, 
Nouv. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hist., 4, 1835, p. [60] 292, pl. 27, figs. 1, 1a, 1b. 
Type Locauiry.—California. 
Synonyms.—Ophibolus getulus eisent Yarrow, Proe. U. 8. Nat. 
Mus., 5, 1882, pp. 489-440 (types from Fresno, California) ; Ophibolus 
getulus californiae; Ophibolus californiae; Coronella Californiae ; 
Coronella getula, part; Coronella getulus var. californica. 
Common Names.—Blainville’s King Snake; California Milk Snake, 
part. 
Rance.—Interruptedly distributed through the southern part of 
the state west of the desert divides. Localities of occurrence are: 
Fresno (as above) ; Waterman Canon, San Bernardino County (Van 
Denburgh, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 3, 1912, p. 149) ; Riverside 
County (Van Denburgh, Oce. Papers Calif. Acad. Sei., 5, 1897, p. 
174) ; Cuyamaca (Van Denburgh, 1912, loc. cit., p. 151), Witch Creek 
(Cope, Ann. Rep. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1898 [1900], p. 923), Dulzura and 
Julian (Mus. Vert. Zool.), in San Diego County. Occurs in the 
Upper, and possibly also the Lower, Sonoran life-zone. 
