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11 March 2010	Updated available leonis page.

7 July 2009	New additions to the Bibliography page. Salmon, G. T., W. F. Holmstrom, Jr., B. W. Tryon, and G. P. Merker. 1997. Added new links to Resources page under PHOTOGRAPHY: The Battery Station New additions to the Bibliography page. Ernst, C. H., and E. M. Ernst. 2003. Tennant, A., J. E. Werler, J. E. Forks, G. T. Salmon, A. Sansom, and L. D. Sinclair. 1998. Tryon, B. W., and R. K. Guese. 1984.

19 May 2009	Added new links to Resources page under MAPS: Map Coordinate Conversion And under PHOTOGRAPHY: Sto-Fen Products Joby Gorillapod Wimberly Medic Batteries Added three distribution-related notes to the Bibliography page: Hansen & Bryson (2009) Hibbitts et al. (2003) Savage & Hansen (2009)

09 January 2009	Updated the Resources page to reflect new products and websites - WeatherBuffs, SPOT Satellite Messenger and GPS Handheld Units. See the Resources page for more information.

01 November 2008	Added new photos to the mexicana gallery representing a new locality in Guanajuato. Images include several specimens as well as a new habitat gallery.

17 September 2008	Added new photos to the greeri gallery as well as the ruthveni habitat gallery under the Jiquilpan section.

31 August 2008	Added new images of leonis (plus habitat photos) from our field work in Mexico during July–August 2008. Two new galleries have been added for leonis collection sites in Nuevo Leon (“Mountains near Ascensión”) and Tamaulipas (“Eastern Flank, Sierra Madre Oriental”). leonis Gallery Added photos to our greeri Gallery of a specimen collected by Ron Savage in 2007 from a new, northern outpost for this species in Durango. Added photos to our ruthveni Gallery of several specimens found in 2007 in Querétaro and Guanajuato by Ron Savage. New entries for the Bibliography page: Gadsden et al. (2006) Ingrasci et al. (2008) Miller (1979) Added photos to our alterna Gallery of a specimen from a new area in northeastern Durango, as well as two additional specimens from high elevation on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental.

25 May 2008	New links added to the Resources page - Kingsnake.com Graybanded Kingsnake forum, In situ Gear and Fenix Outfitters.

24 May 2008	2 new images added to the leonis gallery

19 May 2008	Several animals are now available on the Available Animals page.

07 Feb 2008	Added one new entry (Conant 1957) to the Related Publications section on the Bibliography page.

23 Jan 2008	Updated the Alterna Photo Gallery to include images of alterna from the Mexican state of Coahuila, as well as a new habitat gallery for the Cuesta La Muralla region. In the Leonis Gallery, added shots of two wild leonis observed in Nuevo Leon during 2007. On the Resources page, we added a link to a moon phase calculator, a current rainfall map of Mexico, and a new outlet for maps of various regions of Mexico.

18 Nov 2007	We've added 31 new listings to the Bibliography page, many available as PDF downloads. Some of these are pretty obscure and only touch on mexicana kingsnakes in a very minor way but are interesting nonetheless. We also want to call your attention to the fact that Adler et al. (1989. Contributions to the History of Herpetology), a volume out of print and difficult to find, is now available online from SSAR. The link can be found near the bottom of the Bibliography page under RELATED PUBLICATIONS. New stuff includes: Applegate (1992) Bartlett (1988) Bartlett & Bartlett (2000, 2002) Bartlett & Markel (2005) Bechtel (1995) Coburn (1991) David et al. (1994) De Lisle (1977, 1984) Dowling et al. (1983, 1990) Flury (1950) Greene (1997) Hakkila (1994) Hammock & Burghardt (1985) Lasky (1980) Markel (1995) Markel & Bartlett (1995) Mattison (1988, 1990, 1995) Murphy et al. (1978) Retes (1989) Smith & Smith (1969) Smith & Taylor (1945) Tanner (1953) Taylor (1940) Trutnau (1986) Tryon (1979) Wagner (1980) Walls (1996) Zweifel (1952) - addition of PDF file

25 Sept 2007	We’ve added numerous photos to our gallery pages. This includes revamped gallery pages for Gray-Banded Kingsnakes, with 179 new images of alterna, nearly all of which are wild caught. The vast majority of these were contributed by Troy Hibbitts, and we are pleased to be able to share these here. Notable among the new photos are those of two live alterna from the mountains of Durango, Mexico, obtained by our crew during field work in the Sierra Madre Occidental in July 2007. Other photo additions include field photos of Durango Mountain Kingsnakes and their habitat from the Otinapa region of Durango. These are the result of field work by Tim Burkhardt and Troy Hibbitts during August 2007.

3 Sept 2007	Added several new entries to the Available Animals page.

2 Sept 2007	Added two new entries to the Bibliography page: Applegate (2007); Lemos Espinal and Smith (2007). Added new weather map link to the Resources page Added several other links under "Knowledge" on the Resources page

19 July 2007	Added one new pdf (Dixon et al 1972) to the Bibliography page Updated available animals page

4 July 2007	Added Painter, C. W., C. L. Hayes, and J. N. Stuart. 2002. Recovery and conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. See Bibliography page

25 May 2007	Added Bryson, R. W., Jr., J. Pastorini, F. T. Burbrink, and M. R. J. Forstner. 2007. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43:674-684. See Bibliography page

20 February 2007	Updated distribution page to reflect the addition of Jiquilpan habitat images New photos added to leonis gallery

15 February 2007	Added habitat and animal images to ruthveni gallery

12 February 2007	Updated available page

8 February 2007	Added PDF - Bryson 2007 to the Bibliography page.

5 February 2007	New photos of DOR webbi added to the gallery New photo of DOR mexicana added to the gallery, along with a corresponding habitat shot. Added one new publication (Vermilya & Acuna 2004) to the Bibliography page.

1 February 2007	New photos of wild-caught greeri added to gallery.

31 January 2007	Site launched.

Last updated 11 March 2010