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and the under surface of the tail consequently looks darker than the 

 anterior ventral region. These black borders unite on either end 

 of the gastrostege and thus enclose a transverse elliptical central 

 area of yellow. Also along each end of the gastrostege opposite the 

 lateral spot of the side the gastrostegal black border encloses another 

 small area of yellow. Thus, we have a central row of transverse 

 yellow gastrostegal spots and a row on either end of smaller encircled 

 yellow spots, very much like the venter of T. compressicaudus Kenni- 

 cott (see description Brown, p. 34). This species is Floridan and 

 might enter the Okefinokee. Furthermore, T. compressicaudus 

 walkeri has 23 rows of scales as has our specimen. Finally, our 

 specimen (^rJiomhifer-Yike on dorsum except for the neck) has on the 

 neck four black longitudinal bands, the two of either side being 

 connected posteriorly. The labials are yellowish with dark borders. 

 There are no bands on the head. Many of our specimens — in fact, 

 practically all — have the tail quite strongly compressed at its base and 

 heavily carinated, and an examination of supposed T. f. erythrogaster, 

 T. f. transversa, T. cyclo^yium and T. rhombifera material from other 

 localities does not impress us that this relative character is sufficient 

 to set T. compressicaudus apart as a separate form from T. fasciatus. 

 Eight of the ten specimens have no more than 23 scales, and always 

 this number in the middle of the body; three having 23-23-19, 

 two 23-23-17, one 23-23-18, one 23-23-20, and one 21-23-19. 

 Some of these may well be T. f. pictiventris, and were so identified in 

 the field with only Cope's work at hand. This form he restricts to 

 Florida, and he has specimens from Gainesville and Palatka, not far 

 from the Okefinokee. He considers it close to T. compressicaudus 

 in coloration of the belly. But some of our specimens clearly have 

 the compressicaudus-pictiventris coloration to which there is added 

 the reddish abdominal spots of T. fasciatus fasciatus. One specimen 

 (No. 6,228) has no lateral or dorsal spots apparent, the belly an 

 immaculate salmon-pink, except under the tail where a bluish-gray 

 enters, and the scales strongly carinated — all characters of T. fasciatus 

 erythrogaster. Some specimens show the lateral space with reddish 

 or reddish-brown of T. fasciatus fasciatus. Some of the ten showed 

 the yellowish labials with strong black borders and most of these 

 individuals have the two light dots close to the suture of the occipitals. 

 One specimen (No. 6,119) is a uniform grayish or greenish-brown 

 on the back including the head which has no postocular band, and the 

 belly is whitish or yellowish-white with hardh' any suggestion of 

 gastrostegal borders (faded-out brown). Another very large speci- 



