common kingsnake

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   widespread in United States except northern regions; black or brown with yellow bands

   SynonymsLampropeltis getulus

   Broaderking snake

Questions about common kingsnake

What does common kingsnake mean?

common kingsnake means "widespread in United States except northern regions; black or brown with yellow bands".

What is another word for common kingsnake?

Close synonyms include Lampropeltis getulus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common kingsnake a common word?

common kingsnake is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.