7G Strecker — Reptiles and Batrachlnns of Texas. 



collected at Waco and Burnet during the summer of 1906 show hardly 

 any trace of the distinctive markings of this variety, hut vary from 

 muddy yellow to brick red in color. This leads me to believe that 

 erythrogaster is merely the adult form of transversus. 



Tropidonotus sipedon fasciatus Linn. 



RED-BELLIED WATER SNAKE. 



This tine snake is not found at "Waco, but I have obtained specimens 

 in the Tehuacana bottoms. At Laguna Lake it is fully as common as 

 T. rhombifer. Living specimens are brilliantly colored, deep shades of 

 red and yellow prevailing. 



Tropidonotus grahami Baird and Girard 



GRAHAM'S WATER SNAKE. 



Exceedingly rare. Some years ago I captured one specimen near the 

 mouth of the Bosque River, and in April, 1900, collected a second example 

 at Laguna Lake. The Laguna specimen was found coiled up under the 

 bark of a rotten log. 



Storeria dekayi Holbrook. 



DE KAY'S SNAKE. 



This small species, while tolerably common around Waco, is much 

 more abundant in the post-oak country and at Laguna Lake. 



Haldea striatula L. 



BROWN SNAKE. 



This little snake is quite common under logs and among masses of 

 decaying wood, in thickly timbered bottoms. Waco examples are grajish- 

 brown above, yellowish-white beneath. 



Tropidoclonium lineatum Hallowell. 



This species is abundant in the city limits of Waco, and almost every 

 large woodpile and old building has its quota of specimens. After a big 

 tire I collected -7 specimens around the water-soaked debris and am 

 satisfied that I could have obtained many more had 1 tried. 



Salvadora grahamiae Baird and Girard. 

 GRAHAM'S SNAKE. 



An adult specimen from west of Waco is in the Baylor University 

 collection. A friend jjave me a living specimen some years ago, but it 

 escaped before 1 had time to consign it to spirits. These two examples 

 are the only ones I have any record of. 



Eutaenia proxima Say. 



s \vs GARTER SNAKE. 



This species is our commonest garter snake, and as a rule is the least 

 variable. In life the dorsal stripe is usually a rich reel in color. 



