McAtee — Momwah, Ecptiles awl Batrachians of Indiana. 11 



Abundant. 



Rare. 



11. Eutaenia sirtalis (Linn.). 



GARTER SNAKE. 



12. Ancistrodon contortrix (Linn.). 



COPPERHEAD. 



i:>. *Crotalus horridus Linn. 



BANDED RATTLESNAKE. 



Recorded as taken recently in Monroe County ])y Dr. 0. P. Hay in 1892. 

 Professor Blatchley wrote in 1899 : "At present it is known to occur only 

 in the broken, wooded portions of such counties as Brown, Monroe, and 

 Greene, where there are many ledges of stone, on which in summer, it can 

 bask for hours in the sunlight, and in whose crevices it can find in winter 

 a suitable abiding place."* Probably very rare. 



14. Sceloporus undulatus Latr. 



RAIL-FENCE LIZARD. 



Common, and popularly named as here noted from an ordinary habit. 

 Sluggish and easily captured when found in the morning or evening, but 

 very active during the middle of the day. On May 18, 1903, a female cap- 

 tured in Brown County laid more than a dozen rather large eggs. 



15. Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linn.). 



SIX-LINED LIZARD. 



There is one specimen in the museum from this locality ; A. W. Butler 

 reports another, and I have one which was captured in 1901. 



16. Eumeces quinquelineatus (Linn.). 



BLUE-TAILED SKINK. 



Common. Occurs in about the same places as Scelopoms. On a cool 

 April morning two lizards of this species were found in a pile of boards, 

 which was also inhabited by mice. They Mere very inactive and easily 

 picked up. In a warm room they quickly recovered their activity and 

 were not slow to nip the fingers of anyone putting a hand into their cage. 

 They readily ate flies and bits of meat. 



17. Trionyx spiniferus LeS. 



SPINY SOFT-SHELL TURTLE. 



Occasionally taken in the larger creeks. 



18. Chelydra serpentina (Linn.). 



SNAPPING TURTLE. 



Fairly common. 



19. Aromochelys odorata (Bosc). 



iMUSK TURTLE. 



One taken October (>, 1S99, from debris in the cellar of an old school 

 house where according to the label it is supposed to have been buried ten 

 years. 



♦Gleanings from Nature, 1899, p. 46. 



