Eastern Kingsnake- L.getula getula (including goini)
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 subspecies 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 is 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. There are usually 21 dorsal scale rows at midbody (some individuals have 23) and the anal plate is undivided.
From Snakes of Florida , Alan Tennant
Ofcourse not perfect writing, perfectly acceptable anyway
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