Lampropeltis occipitolineata PRICE, 1987

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Lampropeltini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: South Florida Mole Kingsnake
Synonym	Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata PRICE 1987: 148 Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 211 Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata — CROTHER 2000: 63 Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 412 Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata — ERNST & ERNST 2003 Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata — CROTHER et al. 2012 Lampropeltis occipitolineata — MCKELVY & BURBRINK 2016 Lampropeltis occipitolineata — CROTHER et al. 2017
Distribution	USA (Florida) Type locality: Okeechobee, Okeechobee county, Florida.
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: FMNH 48265, adult male; paratypes: FMNH, UF
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Comment	Price 1987 does not provide measurements for the 3 specimens he examined.
Etymology	Named after the network of dark lines on the back of the head.
References	Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p. Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2012. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92 Enge, Kevin M. 2009. Venomous and non-venomous snakes of Florida. Publication of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. 16 pp. Krysko, Kenneth L.;Hurt, Chuck 1998. Geographic distribution. Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata. Herpetological Review 29 (3): 177 - get paper here McKelvy, A.D.; F.T. Burbrink 2016. Ecological divergence in the yellow-bellied kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) at two North American biodiversity hotspots. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 61-72 [print 2017] - get paper here Price, R.M. 1987. Disjunct occurence of mole snakes in Peninsular Florida, and the description of a new subspecies of Lampropeltis calligaster. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 22 (9): 148 - get paper here Rushton, Emily. 2013. Geographic Distribution: Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata (South Florida mole kingsnake). Herpetological Review 44 (3): 476 - get paper here Tennant, A. 2003. Snakes of North America - Eastern and Central Regions, revised edition. Lone Star Books, 605 pp. Tennant, A. & Bartlett, R.D. 2000. Snakes of North America - Eastern and Central Regions. Gulf Publishing, Houston, TX, 588 pp. Thissen, R. & Hansen, H. 2001. Königsnattern - Lampropeltis. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 172 pp. - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.fnai.org/PDFs/FieldGuides/Lampropeltis_occipitolineata.pdf https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/400693902155214/ Google images

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