Yes, the dissertation, it's just a school report to me, well anyway the new 2006 Krysco & Judd disseration is in the CNAH library.
What makes you think the Apalachicola kingsnake in it's blotched/banded/striped/patternless variations is not a variation of L.g.getula?

This reminds me of reading about when striped cali were a diff. taxon than banded cali.

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