The Striped Snakes Garter Snakes 



Aug. Qth. Brood of 31. Female from Sullivan Co., N. Y. 



' nth. " "27. " " Marion Co., Fla. 



1 2th. "51. " Rockland Co., N. Y. 



2nd. " " 16. " Sullivan Co., N. Y. 



23nd. " 28. " Westchester Co., N. Y. 



3ist. "u. " Bronx Park, N. Y. 



Sept. 3rd. " 8. 



5th. ' u. Sullivan Co., N. Y. 



In one brood of thirty-four specimens, three were albinos, 

 being perfectly white, with pink eyes, and another, of normal 

 colouration, possessed two perfectly formed heads and necks on 

 one body. The latter specimen died within a few hours. The 

 albinos survived to grow to some size. They appeared translu- 

 cent when held to the light. 



THE SPOTTED GARTER SNAKE 

 Eutcenia sirtalis, variety ordinata, (Linn.) 



Size and form like the' typical snake. 



Colouration. Green, olive or brown, with rows of square 

 black spots, arranged in tessellated fashion. There are no stripes. 

 With occasional very dark specimens, the spots are very obscure. 

 There is usually a dull brown band, covering the first three rows 

 of scales. The majority of specimens are distinctly greenish. 



The writer has noted that many females of this variety 

 give birth to litters in which are spotted individuals like the 

 parent and others with three distinct stripes. Owing to these 

 conditions the variety cannot be regarded as very distinct or 

 constant. 



Distribution. Southeastern Canada and the United States 

 generally, east of the Mississippi River. The greater number of 

 specimens come from the New England States. This snake is not 

 so abundant as the typical form, although it covers much the 

 same area of distribution. 



THE RED-BARRED GARTER SNAKE 

 Eutcenia sirtalis, variety parietalis, (Say) 



Colouration. This variety is distinct, owing to the fusing 

 together of the black spots on each side of the central stripe, 

 and the fusing of the lower series of spots into the solid black 

 area above, thus restricting the ground-colour to narrow bars 



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