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359:(2018). "Kenneth Lee Williams 1934–2017: My Fast Friend and Herpetological Colleague of More than Half a Century".
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During his career, he specialized in studying the milk snake,
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Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011).
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788:Snakes of the World
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