 Frank N. Blanchard

Frank Nelson Blanchard (December 19, 1888 – September 21, 1937) was an American herpetologist, and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan from which institution he received his Ph.D.He is credited with describing several new subspecies, including the broad-banded water snake, "Nerodia fasciata confluens", and the Florida king snake, "Lampropeltis getula floridana".