204 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALISl 



water divide separating major streams of Teays time . . . [that] is readily 

 traced by the change in elevation of the ridge summits and by the difference 

 of contour pattern." The area east of the Escarpment "has wider ridges, less 

 direct relief, fewer small streams, and in general more uniformity" than the 

 area to the west. 



Upon the revised and up to date base map, the locality records (both old 

 and new) have been plotted for each species of reptile indigenous to Ohio. 

 As heretofore, solid circles represent specimens that I have examined person- 

 ally; hollow circles indicate records from the literature or from competent 

 obser\'ers with whom I have been in correspondence. For the sake of simplici- 

 ty in printing and so they will be handily accessible, the new maps are grouped 

 at the end of the addenda. No attempt has been made to bring the general 

 range maps up to date; changes involving them, as mentioned above, are noted 

 in the text. 



Scores of new lakes and ponds have been created in Ohio during the past 

 decade by the damming of creeks and rivers. These water conservation proj- 

 ects are of benefit to certain aquatic reptiles, but they are a headache to anyone 

 attempting to prepare distribution maps. The names of many of these new 

 bodies of water do not appear on charts or topographical sheets, and, in some 

 instances, I finally have had to give up in my attempts to find them. Hence, 

 a few locality records have had to be omitted. 



Three specimens of extra-limital species deserve special attention: 



(1) The Ohio State Museum has acquired another glass lizard, Ophi- 

 saurus yentralts (OSM 547), contributed from Mt. Vernon, in Knox County. 

 It is accompanied by data that reads, "Killed by John Gilbert during the Civil 

 War." There is, of course, the strong possibility that this reptile was obtained 

 in the South and was taken to Ohio during or after the war between the states. 



(2) The Cincinnati Society of Natural History has another coral snake, 

 Micnirtis fulvius (CSNH 2650), that was caught in the Price Hill section of 

 Cincinnati. This, according to Dury, is in a well-inhabited section of the city. 

 He states that the snake was found bv two five-year-old children, it was placed 

 in a mayonnaise jar (where it died) , and was taken to the Cincinnati Museum 

 by high school students, one of whom was a brother of one of the children. 

 Dury solicited the help of the local newspapers in an effort to determine 

 whether the specimen might have escaped from captivity. No information on 

 the subject was forthcoming, possibly because the owner did not wish to admit 

 possession of such a dangerous serpent. The finding of this snake is of special 

 interest in view of the fact that coral snakes have twice previously been re- 

 ported from the general region (see p. 8) . An isolated colcny of Micrurns 

 may occur in the Ohio Valley, but I prefer to take the more conservative view 

 of considering the recently-acquired specimen as having been transported to 

 Cincinnati by human agency. Such things do happen, for a coral snake 

 appeared a few years ago in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Two boys brought a 

 live one to the Philadelphia Zoo which they had found in a crowded section 

 of the city. Investigation showed that it had been imported from the South 

 in a basket of string beans! There is additional evidence to strengthen the 



