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68. Coluber obsoletus confinis B. & G. Red-lieaded 



Black Snake. 

 Fort Smith (Whipple). Type specimen of C. loetus 

 B. & G. Brown considers this the same as C. spiloides 

 B. & G., but we do not agree with him. 



69. Coluber guttatus Linn. Spotted Snake. 

 Greenway (Meek). 



70. Coluber emoryi B. & G. Emory's Snake. 



A specimen of this species in the National Museum 

 Collection is labeled "Arkansas." As the range of this 

 snake includes Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and north- 

 ern Texas, it may prove to be of common occurrence in 

 the western half of Arkansas. 



71. PiTYOPHis SAYi Schlegel. Bull Snake. 



Strecker has a poorly preserved example of this spe- 

 cies, which was collected near Mena, Polk County. 



72. Zamenis flagellum Shaw. Coach-whip Snake. 

 Fort Smith (Pierson). 



73. Zamenis constrictor Linn. Blue Racer. 



Hot Springs (Coml)s), Little Rock (Hurter), Green- 

 way (Meek), Fort Smith (Pierson). 



74. Cyclophis aestivus Linn. Keeled Green Snake. 

 Hot Springs (Combs), Little Rock (Hurter), Green- 

 way (Meek), Fort Smith (Pierson). 



75. LioPELTis vernalis Harlan. Grass Snake. 

 Arkadelphia (Meek). 



76. DiADOPHis PUNCTATUS Liuu. Ring-necked Snake. 

 Greenway (Meek). 



77. DiADOPHis REGALis B. & G. Rcgal Ring-necked 



Snake. 

 Hot Springs (Combs and Hurter), Eureka Springs 

 (Hurter). These are examples of the color variety 

 arnyi (Kenn). 



