Gray-banded Kingsnake Lampropeltis alterna  (Brown, 1901)
An adult specimen from Texas, compliments of the late James L. Corrado Image © Suzanne L. Collins, 2005
Taxonomic Comments:
Hilken and Schlepper (1998 Salamandra 34: 97-124) provided data to support recognition of L. a. alterna and L. a. blairi. Collins & Taggart (2002 Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians. Fifth Edition) submitted for consideration the proposal by Hilken & Schlepper (1998 op. cit.) to a snake systematist group composed of Frank T. Burbrink, Jeff Camper, Harry W. Greene, L. Lee Grismer, Robin Lawson, James R. McCranie, Andrew H. Price, Javier Rodriguez-Robles, and Samuel S. Sweet, and they disagreed.