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• Anon. 1978.
  Species listing for nongame regulations.
  Texas parks and wildlife Dept. Brochure. 9000-52: 1-22



• Assetto, Robert Jr. 1978
  Reproduction in the Gray-Banded Kingsnake, Lampropeltis mexicana alterna
  Herp. Rev, 9:56-57
  
  
• Axtell, R.W. 1951.
  An additional specimen of Lampropeltis blairi from Texas.
  Copeia 1951 (4) : 313



• Axtell, R.W. 1959.b
  Amphibians and reptiles of the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster County, Texas.
  Southwest Nat. 5(1) : 45-47



• Axtell, R.W. 1977(1978).
  Ancient playas and their influence on the recent herpetofauna of the northern Chihuahuan Desert.
  Pp. 493-512 in Transactions of the symposium on the biological resources of the Chihuahuan Desert region, United States and Mexico, edited by R.W. Wauer and D.H. Riskind.
  Natl. Park Ser. Trans. Proc. Ser. (3).



• Baker, R. J., G. A. Mengden, and J. J. Bull. 1972
  Karyotypic studies of thirty eight species of North American Snakes.
  Copeia 1972(2) : 257-265
  
  
• Blair, W. F. 1949b.
  The Biotic provinces of Texas.
  Texas J. Sci. 4(2) : 230-250
  
  
• Blanchard, F. N. 1920.
  A synopsis of the king snakes: Genus Lampropeltis
  Fitzinger. Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 87 : 1-6
  
  
• Blanchard, F. N. 1921.
  A revision of the kingsnakes: Genus Lampropeltis.
  Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus.114 : 1-260
  
  
• Blaney, R. M. 1973.
  Lampropeltis.
  Cat. Amer. Amphib. Rept. 150.1-150.2
  
  
• Brown, A. E. 1901c.
  A new species of Ophibolus from western Texas.
  Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 53 : 612-613



• Brown, A. E. 1903b.
  Texas reptiles and their faunal relations.
  Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 55: 543-558
  
  
• Brown, B. C. 1950.
  An annotated checklist of the reptiles and amphibians of Texas.
  Waco, Texas: Baylor Univ. Studies
  
  Cranston, Thurgess. 1991.
  Notes on the Natural History, Husbandry, and Breeding of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake, Lampropeltis alterna.
  The Vivarium, 3(2):7-10
  
  
• Flury, A. 1950.
  A new kingsnake from Trans-pecos Texas.
  Copeia 1950(3) : 215-217


Garstka, W.R. 1982.
Systematics of the mexicana Species Group of the Colubrid Genus Lampropeltis, with a Hypothesis on Mimicry
Museum of Comparitve Zoology, Harvard University, Brevoria:466


• Gehlbach, F. R. 1967b.
  Lampropeltis mexicana.
  Cat. Amer. Amphib. Rept. 55.1-55.2



• Gehlbach, F. R., and J. K. Baker. 1962.
  Kingsnakes allied with Lampropeltis mexicana: Taxonomy and Natural History.
  Copeia 1962(2) : 291-300



• Gehlbach, F. R., and C. J. McCoy, Jr. 1965.
  Additional observations on variation and distribution of the Grey-banded kingsnake, Lampropeltis mexicana (Garman).
  Herpetologica 21(1) : 35-38



• Hakkila, M. 1994.
  An assessment of potential habitat and distribution of the Gray-banded Kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna) in New Mexico.
  Unpubl. Rept. submitted to NM Dept. Game & Fish. Santa Fe, NM 12pp + 3 maps.



• Jameson, D. L., and A. G. Flury. 1949.
  Reptiles and Amphibians of the Sierra Vieja.
  Texas J. Sci. 1(2): 54-79



• Mecham, J. S. 1979. The biogeographical relationships of the amphibians and reptiles of the Guadalupe Mountains.
  Natl. Park. Serv. Trans. Proc. Ser. (4) : 169-179



• Mecham, J. S. and W. W. Milstead. 1949.
  Lampropeltis alterna from Pecos Co., Texas.
  Herpetologica 5(6) : 140



• Merker, Gerold and Cindy. 1996.
  The Mystical Gray-Banded: Gem of North American Kingsnakes.
  Reptiles Magazine 4:7 60-85
  
  
• Miller, D. 1977.
  The Gray-banded Kingsnake.
  Chihuahuan Desert Disc. 2:9



• Miller, D. 1979.
  A Life History Study of the Gray-banded Kingsnake,Lampropeltis mexicana alterna, in Texas.
  Masters Thesis, Sul Ross University



• Milstead, W. W., J. S. Mecham and H. McClintock. 1950.
  The amphibians and reptiles of the Stockton Plateau in northern Terrell County, Texas.
  Texas J. Sci. 2(4) : 543-562.



• Minton, S. A. 1959.
  Observations on amphibians and reptiles of the Big Bend region of Texas.
  Southwest.Nat. 3 : 28-54.
  
  
• Morafka, D. J. 1977.
  A biogeographical analysis of the Chihuahuan desert through its herpetofauna
  .Biogeographica 9 : 1-313.
  
  
• Murphy, J. B., B. W. Tyron, and B. J. Brecke. 1978.
  An inventory of reproductive and social behavior in captive gray-banded kingsnakes, Lampropeltis mexicana alterna (Brown).
  Herpetologica 34(1) : 84-93.



• Murray, L. T. 1939.
  Annotated list of amphibians and reptiles from the Chisos Mountains.
  Contrib. Baylor Univ. Mus. 24 : 4-16.



• Reddell, J. R. 1970.
  A checklist of the cave fauna of Texas. VI. Additional records of Vertebrata. Tex J.Sci. 22(2-3) : 139-158.



• Scudday, J. F. 1965a.
  Another Lampropeltis alterna in Brewster County, Texas.
  Southwest. Nat. 10 (1) : 77-78.



• Smith, H. M., and H. K. Buechner. 1947.
  The influence of the Balcones Escarpment on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Texas.
  Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 8(1) : 1-16.



• Smith, H. M. 1942a.
  Mexican herpetological miscellany.
  Proc. United States Natl. Mus. 92 : 349-395.



• Tanzer, E. C. 1970.
  Polymorphism in the mexicana complex of kingsnakes, with notes on their natural history.
  Herpetologica 26(4) : 419-428.



• Tennant, Alan. 1984.
  The Snakes of Texas.
  Texas Monthly Press.Austin Tx. 516pp
  
  
• Tryon, B. W. 1979.
  An unusually patterned specimen of the gray-banded kingsnake, Lampropeltis mexicana alterna (Brown).
  Herp Rev. 10(1) : 4-5.



• Tryon, B. W., and R. K. Guese. 1984.
  Death-feigning in the gray-banded kingsnake Lampropeltis alterna.
  Herp Rev. 15(4) : 108-109.



• Tryon, B. W., and J. B. Murphy. 1982.
  Miscellaneous notes on the reproductive biology of reptiles 5. Thirteen varieties of the genus Lampropeltis, species mexicana, triangulum and zonata.
  Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 85(2) : 96-119.



• Turner, Earl. 1977.
  Colorful Kingsnake of the Trans-Pecos, Texas.
  Texas Parks and Wildlife. XXXXV (1):10-11
  
  
• Webb, R. G. 1961.
  A new kingsnake from Mexico, with remarks on the mexicana group of the genus Lampropeltis.
  Copeia 1961(3) : 326-333.



• Worthington, R. D. 1976.
  Herpetofauna of the Franklin Mountains, El Paso County, Texas.
  Pp. 205-212 in El Paso Geological Society Symposium on the Franlin Mountains, edited by D. V. Lemone and E. M. P.Lovejoy.
  El Paso Geol. Soc. Quinn Mem. Vol.



• Worthington, R. D., and E. R. Arvizo. 1974.
  Western records of the Davis Mountain kingsnake, Lampropeltis mexicana alterna, in Texas.
  Southwest. Nat. 19(3) : 330-331.