Of course they are, the original question was getula from the east. L.getula Holbrooki and L.g. Nigra are a subspecies of the species Lampropeltis getula with L.g. Floridana and L.g. Getula.



There is a paper on Kings in a scientific journal I have that suggests Getula came from the west. Ive always thought it was from the East but maybe because L.g.g. was the first sub scientifically described I just thought that way. In this paper He classifies Kings into 3 groups. The California Group which consists of Cal Kings and the Mex. Black. The Splendida Group which is Desert Kings, Speckled Kings and Black Kings (Nigra).The Eastern Group which is the Eastern Kingsnake and Florida Kingsnake. Im not sure how that new sub-species from Appalachicola will fall but Im pretty sure its in the Eastern Group. Its a well written paper. Ill get the specifics of it later when Im home. It was written by Richard M. Blaney (Tulane University)




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Keith Hillson





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• Florida and Eastern Kingsnakes - Sasheena, Tue Dec 16 14:59:48 2003
• RE: Florida and Eastern Kingsnakes - Keith Hillson, Tue Dec 16 17:36:14 2003
• RE: Florida and Eastern Kingsnakes - Foxturtle, Tue Dec 16 17:41:16 2003
• RE: Florida and Eastern Kingsnakes - RalphSnakeMan, Tue Dec 16 20:41:04 2003
• missed the black king! n/p - sk8r009, Wed Dec 17 21:02:06 2003
• and the speckled king.np - foxturtle, Thu Dec 18 09:11:30 2003
• Actually... - Keith Hillson, Thu Dec 18 13:06:04 2003
• RE: Actually... - thomas davis, Thu Dec 18 23:50:36 2003
• RE: Actually... - Keith Hillson, Fri Dec 19 06:32:47 2003
• Typo above its actually the Splendida Group. - Keith Hillson, Fri Dec 19 06:34:15 2003
• I think they should kick splendida out of the splendida group... - Foxturtle, Sat Dec 20 02:30:00 2003
• RE: I think they should kick splendida out of the splendida group... - Keith Hillson, Sat Dec 20 10:00:06 2003