Download or read book A Revision of the King Snakes written by Frank Nelson Blanchard and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The snakes of the genus Lampropeltis have long been in a state of great confusion from the systematic standpoint. Only about one-third of the forms now recognized have been at all clearly defined; of the rest some have been known from only a few specimens each, some have been unnaturally divided among several forms, and others have been included under a single name.