REVISION OF THE KING SNAKES. 



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LAMPROPELTIS ELAPSOmES VIRGINIANA Blanchard. 



1920. Lampropeltis elapsoides virginiana Blanchard, Occ. Pap., Mus. Zool., Univ. 

 Michigan, no. 81, p. 2 (type locality, Raleigh, North Carolina; type 

 specimen, XJ.S.N.M. no. 21163; collected June 16, 1893).— Brimley, C. S., 

 Copeia, no. 89, 1920, pp. 106-109. 



Since no new specimens of this form have been examined since the 

 publication of the original description, the latter, with the remarks 

 following it, is here quoted in full: 



Diagnosis. — Similar in scutellation and proportions to L. elapsoides elapsoides (Hol- 

 brook), but the red areas instead of completely encircling the body are restricted to 

 black-bordered dorsal saddles which extend upon the ends of the ventral plates. 



Fig. 60.— Map showing locality records for Lampropeltis elapsoides virginiana. 



Range. — ^Northern North Carolina and Virginia, east of the Allegheny Mountains. 



Type specimen. — ^United States National Museum No. 21163; Raleigh, North Caro- 

 lina, June 16, 1893. 



Description of type specimen. — Ventral plates 183; anal single and entire; caudals 

 44 pairs; dorsal scale rows 19 on middle of body, 17 anteriorly and posteriorly (formula 

 19-17-19-17); upper labials 7; lower labials 7 on the right side and 8 on the left; 1 

 preocular, 2 postoculars; 1 temporal of the fu*st row, and 2 of the second; no loreal 

 plates, the prefrontal in contact with the second upper labial on each side; nasal 

 divided; anterior chin shields in contact with each other, the posterior nearly as 

 large, in contact with each other anteriorly, diverging somewhat posteriorly; rostral 

 protruding, as in L. elapsoides; other head shields normal for the genus. 



