646 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



C. vulpinus, Bd. & Grd. Fox Snake. 



Light brown, with quadrate, chocolate-colored blotches. 

 Number of rows of scales, 25 ; gasterosteges, 200 to 210 ; length, 

 60 inches. Massachusetts to Kansas and northward. Jordan. 

 If this occurs at all in New Jersey it must be in the northern 

 counties. 



PHYLLOPHILOPHIS, Garm. 



(Opheodrys Abbott's Catalogue.) 

 P. sestivus, L. Summer Green Snake. 



Head conical ; neck small ; yellowish below ; clear green 

 above. Number of rows of scales, 17; gasterosteges, 150 to 

 160; length, 30 inches. Southern ; northern limit, New Jersey. 

 Abundant in mountains. 



" Perhaps is rather more abundant than the following. Their 

 appearance in towns is occasionally noticed, when their uniform 

 green color and active movements attract very general attention." 



CYOLOPHIS, Gunth. 



(Liopeltis Abbott's Catalogue.) 

 O. vernalis, De K. Green Snake. Grass Snake. Spring Snake. 



Head elongate ; neck slender ; eyes large ; yellowish below ; 

 otherwise uniformly green (bluish in spirits). Number of rows 

 of scales, 15; gasterosteges, 130 to 140; length, 20 inches. 

 More northerly than preceding. 



"This and the preceding species are neither abundant, and 

 appear to be about equally distributed throughout the various 

 sections of the State. The food consists wholly of the larger 

 insects." 



DI ADO PHIS, Bd. & Grd. 



(Ablabes, Bum. & Bib.) 



D. punctatus, L. Ring-necked Snake. 



Head depressed; eye large; blue black above; pale orange 

 below ; each plate with black spots ; yellow occipital ring con- 

 spicuous. Number of rows of scales, 15 ; gasterosteges, 140 to 

 160; length, 15 inches. 



" Not an abundant species. In Mercer and the central 

 counties they are but seldom met with, but are found in greater 



