A dialectal and now rare North American name for the common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula). The name reflects folk taxonomy and regional naming conventions of earlier American naturalism, where unfamiliar species were often named by comparison to better-known ones. Now largely replaced by standardized common names in contemporary usage.
Old-timers in the area still called it a bastard horn snake, though the field guide listed it as a common kingsnake.
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(US, dialectal, now, rare) The common kingsnake.
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