Key Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus acricus Paulson, 1968
An adult specimen from the Truman Annex, Key West, Florida Image © Suzanne L. Collins, 2003
Taxonomic Comments:
Collins, Joseph T. (1991 Viewpoint: A new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review. 22(2): pp. 42-43), using the Evolutionary Species Concept, considered this previously defined and diagnosed allopatric taxon a distinct species, a more conservative arrangement than recognizing it as a race of Diadophis punctatus with which it does not intergrade nor exchange genes.
Original Description:2
	Paulson, Dennis R. 1966 (1968). Variation in some Snakes from the Florida Keys. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 29(4): pp. 295-308.
Distribution:
	Type locality: Big Pine Key, Florida
References:
	Paulson, Dennis R. 1966 (1968). Variation in some Snakes from the Florida Keys. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 29(4): pp. 295-308.