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only as far eastward as western Virginia, western Ncrth Carolina, and extreme 

 nortlicastern Georgia. From southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jer- 

 sey to the vicinity of Washington, D. C, triangulum intergrades with teinpo- 

 ralis, a race characterized by a "collar" across the nape of the neck and by 

 large dorsal blotches that extend downward to the ends of the ventral scutes 

 (at least on the forward part of the body). The range of temporalis embracer 

 the Del-Mar-Va-Peninsula and part of mainland Virginia. New Ohio records 

 for triangulum are: 



Allen County: Blufftcn (OSM 727); 2 mi. N of Bluffton (OSM 821) 

 Athens County: Angel Ridge, near Shade, Lodi Twp. (OUVC 2454); 10 mi 

 SW of Athens (OUVC 1244). Butler County: (OSM 530); Oxford (MU 3) 

 Clermont County: (SL 461); Stonelick Creek, near Owensville (CM 23955) 

 Clnton County: Clarksville (UC 18). Delaware County: Near Radnor (OSM 

 658). Fairfield County: Baltimore (OSM 546 — albino). Franklin County 

 Columbus (OSM 34.1-2, 596). Greene County: 2 m.i. W of Osborn (DPLM 

 11.43, 610.44); 3 mi. NW of Yellow Springs (USNM 128921). Hamilton Coun- 

 ty: California (CM 23960); Cincinnati (ROMZ 5996); Sedamsville (CSNH 2609 

 — albino). Hancock County: North of Mt. Cory (OSM 691). Hardin County: 

 Mt. Victory (OSM 502). Hocking County: "Neotcma." Good Hope Twp. (OSM 

 597). Jackson County: Jackson (OUVC 336). Lawrence County: Chesapeake 

 (CM 17568). Logan County: Indian Lake (Duellman, 1947). Miami County: 



Ludlow Falls (DPLM 111-2.44); 11/2 mi. S of West Millon (DPLM 93.44). 

 Montgomery County: East Dayton (Wood and Duellman, 1947b); Englewood 

 Dam, Randolph Twp. (DPLM 196.42; WED 58-9); Madison Twp. (DPLM 

 305.42); Van Buren Twp. (DPLM 32.47). Ottawa County: Marblehead (CA 

 5591); near Port Clinton (OSM 693). PiKE County: Pike State Forest (DPLM 

 96.42, 141.42, 309.42, 605.44; WED 61); 12 mi. E of Sinkmg Springs (WED 62); 

 Tobacco Barn Hollow (USNM 128920). Putnam County: 1 mi. E of Pandora 

 (OSM 692.1-6). Scioto County: Shawnee State Forest (WED 189). Stark 

 County: Sec. 12, near Hartville, Lake Twp. (CA 58C8). Warren County: \\/i 

 mi. SSE of Roachester (WED 223). Washington County: Muskingum River, 

 Marietta (OUVC 603). 



Since Lampropeltis doliata syspila, a related subspecies, occurs in southern 

 Indiana, the patterns of all new specimens from southwestern Ohio were care- 

 fully checked. All of these are identifiable as triangulum. The number of 

 dorsal blotches (among thirteen specimens) varies from 37 to 58, m^ran 47.3; 

 the snake with the fewest number (from Oxford, Butler County) has a well- 

 developed "V" on its neck and two rows of lateral blotches on each side of the 

 body — both triangulum characteristics. Among seven specimens from Pike 

 and Scioto counties (from much farther east and in unglaciated OSio) the 

 number of blotches averages even less — 38 to 49 and with a mean of 44. The 

 maximum for syspila (Blanchard, 1921, 23) is 35. In making these counts I 

 have followed the unorthodox method of Blanchard who calculated the total 

 number from head to tip of tail. This renders snakes with incomplete tails 

 useless for statistical purposes. 



Wood has a record in his notes of a specimen from the Englewood Dam, 

 Montgomery County (DPLM 196.42), that had a maximum of 23 scale 

 rows. This same snake devoured thre; juvenile copperheads that were tempo- 

 rarily housed with it, and it deposited 26 eggs in captivity during the first 

 week of July, 1940. 



