Valid or not?
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Outer banks king
SDeFriez
Jul 16, 2007 11:22 PM
Replies (7)
aspidoscelis
Jul 20, 2007 02:25 PM
What do you think?
SDeFriez
Jul 20, 2007 11:21 PM
Valid and a relic. And you?
aspidoscelis
Jul 24, 2007 08:44 PM
"Valid and a relic."
Why?
SDeFriez
Jul 25, 2007 10:53 PM
Why do you think it is or isn't?
aspidoscelis
Jul 26, 2007 01:59 PM
LOL! You first.
Guttersnacks
Apr 16, 2008 03:50 PM
Very stimulating conversation you two are having. I'm totally enthralled 
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Tom
"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"
CKing
Apr 27, 2008 10:42 AM
>>LOL! You first.
I'll go first. 
The Outerbanks kingsnake is a valid subspecies, as Lazell and Musick demonstrated in the following paper:
Lazell, J., and J. Musick. 1981. Status of the Outer Banks kingsnake, Lampropeltis getulus sticticeps. Herpetological Review 12(1): 7.
There has been a recent attempt to invalidate this subspecies, but it is unconvincing. Of course anyone is welcome to read both sides of the argument and decide for himself/herself.
Palmer, William M. and Alvin L. Braswell. 1995. Reptiles of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press.
