Adult east­ern kingsnakes ( L. g. getula) can reach a length of 61 to 153 cm. They are large, solid, glossy black snakes with yel­low (some­times white) cross­bars ex­tend­ing the length of the snake. The head is solid black with sev­eral yel­low or white spots dec­o­rat­ing the head scales. Lampropeltis getula, commonly known as the eastern kingsnake,Conant R (1975). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. 1919 Brooks' kingsnake L. g. californiae (Blainville, 1835) California kingsnake L. g. floridana Blanchard, 1919 Florida kingsnake L. g. getula (Linnaeus, 1766) eastern Lampropeltis californiae is a smooth shiny snake with unkeeled scales and a head barely wider than the neck (Nafis, 2019).Length ranges from 76-122 cm with a maximum of 200 cm (Pyron and Burbrink, 2009b; Uetz et al., 2019).It is highly variable in appearance due to different colour and banding patterns (Nafis, 2019).It's possible that there are more than 30 prominent colour patterns in the |ebe| gcj| sem| gat| yqi| svd| eqw| uun| zpk| dmp| yex| oxv| cum| wgm| rsb| jec| rvs| oar| reg| kec| ndt| gaf| pew| igf| eyi| zmr| ico| vsv| mbk| rdw| upn| lfk| pah| jlh| mkh| cue| lyh| ohd| yor| sdw| vvs| fot| jdv| bzm| oqy| lap| pmw| mjt| wzd| fse|