THE SMOOTH SNAKE. 59 



Those most likely to come across it doubtless 

 destroy it in mistake for the adder, and thus it remains 

 unrecorded. 



The smooth snake is hardly ever referred to as 

 anything but the smooth snake in English, except 

 occasionally as the Dumfries snake. But it is given 

 all the following specific names in various writings: — 



Coronella austriacus. 

 Coronella lewis. 

 Coluber ferrugineus. 

 Coluber leva's. 

 Coronella austriaca. 



Coluber dumfrisiensis. 

 Natrix du mfris ten s is. 

 Zach olus a mtriacus. 

 Coluber th uringicus. 



Its classification (other than its specific name) is the 

 same as that of the ring snake (see p. 28). 



LITERATURE. 



The Zoologist, pp. 6731, 6787, 9505. 



Bell's Reptiles, p. 60. 



Sowerby's Miscellanies. 



Intellectual Observer, vol. iii. p. 149. 



Lord Clermont's ' Quadrupeds and Reptiles of Europe.* 



Dr Gunther's Catalogue of Reptiles in British Museum. 



The Field, September 13 and October 18, 1S02. 



The Outlook, November 10, 1900. 



Aflalo's "Walk through the Zoological Gardens.' 



Science Gossip, No. 188, 1880. 



