RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS EASTERN KINGSNAKE PHOTOS WILLSON UNLESS BLACK EASTERN KINGSNAKES SNAKES WHITE YELLOW BANDS CROSS CONNECT PATTERN SPECIES THE CHAIN KINGSNAKE INDIVIDUALS COASTAL PLAIN WIDE THE MOUNTAINS THIN NEARLY SHORT STOUT ANAL LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC RANGES NORTH AMERICAN SNAKE VARIABLE AREAS GEORGIA SOUTH CAROLINA SUBSPECIES APPROACH THE BLACK LACKS UNITED MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS NORTHWESTERN NAME SPECKLED KINGSNAKE DARK BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTIC THE GULF COAST CENTRAL ALABAMA COLOR APALACHICOLA REGION FLORIDA PANHANDLE THE OUTER BANKS NORTH EASTERN UNITED STATES NEW JERSEY SOUTH THRIVE HABITATS HARDWOOD PINE BOTTOMLANDS TIDAL FARMLANDS SUBURBAN CLOSE WATER STREAM BANKS SWAMP SECRETIVE COVER ACTIVE ALMOST MORNING STRONG VARIETY TURTLE VENOM RATTLE RELEASE BITE GENERALLY TAME QUICKLY KEPT THE SPRING MALES THE NECK FEMALES EGGS DEBRIS ROTTING EARLY SUMMER HATCH IN AUGUST CONSERVATION STATUS PROTECTED THE STATE PARTS CONCERN HERPETOLOGISTS DECLINING COMMON ONCE RECENTLY DISAPPEARED CAUSES DECLINES UNKNOWN HABITAT LOSS IMPORTED FIRE ANTS DISEASES POTENTIAL HEALTHY POPULATION SAVANNAH RIVER SITE DOCUMENTED VIRTUALLY THE LAST PERTINENT REFERENCES DECLINE LAMPROPELTIS SEASONAL ACTIVITY FLORIDA KINGSNAKE LAMPROPELTIS GETULA FLORIDANA COLUBRIDAE SOUTHERN FLORIDA AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST ACCOUNT KIMBERLY ANDREWS VENTRAL JUVENILE NORTHERN REPTILES AMPHIBIANS HERPETOLOGY