THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE LXXII 



RED-BARRED GARTER SNAKE, Eiila-nij sirialis fariclalis 

 The pale bars on the sides are brick red. Found in the Central States 



I'K'KEKIVG'S (iAKTKk SNAKE. F.utirnii u>/,;/n f,irk,-rhiKii 

 This is the blackest of tin- variriii-s of I-'., sirtnlis. The central stripe is broken into a scries of dots. Occurs in the 1'aiific Region 





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SPOTTED GARTER SNAKE. F.iitrrnia sirtnlis nriiinala 

 On this Eastern variety the stripes are entirely absent 



