96 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1917 



V Natrix septemvittata (Say) 

 MOON-SNAKE, QUEEN- SNAKE 



Coluber septemviltatus Say 



Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 4, Pt. 2, 1825, p. 240. 

 A^atrix septemvittata Cope 



Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 18, 1895, p. 216. 

 Natrix leberis ^ Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 993, fig. 265. 



TYPE locality: Pennsylvania. 



range: Central, Eastern and Gulf States from Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio and Wisconsin southward. 



V Natrix sipedon sipedon (Linne) 

 WATER SNAKE 



Coluber sipedon Ltnne 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 219. 

 Natrix sipedon Kirsch 



Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., Vol. 14, 1895, p. 333. 

 Natrix fasciata sipedon Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 969, fig. 251. 



TYPE locality: North America. 



RANGE : Northern and northeastern United States. 



; Natrix sipedon fasciata^ (Linne:) 



Coluber fasciatus LiiSTNE 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 378. 

 Natrix fasciata fasciata Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 966, fig. 250. 



TYPE locality: Carolina. 



range: Virginia to Florida, westward to Louisiana and north- 

 ward up the Mississippi through all the central states to Ne- 

 braska and Indiana. 



■ Natrix sipedon pictiventris Cope 

 Natrix fasciata pictiventris Cope 



Amer. Nat., Vol. 29, 1895, p. 677. 

 Natrix fasciata pictiventris Cope 



Ann, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 969. 



TYPE locality: Palatka, Florida. 

 range: Peninsula of Florida. 



1 Not Coluber leberis of Linne. 



2 Apparent forms which are more or less uniformly rufescent are found in the ranges of both the 

 subspecies /(Mciaio and sipedon. To these the names of Natrix sipedon erythrogaster Forster (in Bossu, 

 Travels through North America, Vol. 1, 1771, p. 364, footnote) and Natrix sipedon fulviventer Rafi- 

 oesque (Ann. Nat., 1820, No. 1, p. 6) have been given. 



