Apalachicola kings are geographicly restricted from the more typical L.g.getula?
If so please read this,about the eastern king L.g.getula,
"Coloring/scale form
Kingsnakes from everywhere in Florida vary enormously in dorsolateral pattern and coloration,and in the past many of these COLOR PATTERN VARIANTS WERE THOUGHT TO BE SEPARATE RACES. Typical eastern kingsnakes possess black to deep-brown dorsums patterned with less than 30 narrow,white or yellow dorsal crossbands that split to form a chain-like pattern on their sides. Kingsnakes from the panhandle's Apalachicola Basin-which were once thought to be a separate species known as "L.g.goini"-have much wider bands and blotches. Other kingsnakes FOUND IN THE SAME AREA exhibit typical L.g.getula patterns, however, along with various combinations of blotched , striped, and patternless variants, and it now recognized that both 'goini" and the blotched and striped kingsnakes LIVING IN THE SAME RANGE are actually merely pattern variants of L.g.getula."

from "Snakes of Florida" pg. 197

Don't believe that dissertation B.S., just because some guy is trying to earn a Phd.

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