CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 91 



Elaphis guttatus Dumeril and Bibron 



Erp. Gen., Vol. 7, 1854, p. 273. 

 Coluber guttatus Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 833, figs. 189, 190. 



TYPE locality: Carolina. 



range: Maryland to Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. 



Elaphe laeta (Baird and Girard) 



Scotophis laetus Baird and Girard 



Cat. N. Amer. Kept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 77. 

 Elaphe laeta Stejneger and Barbour 



Check List N. Amer. Amph. Kept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 82. 

 Coluber laetus Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 850, fig, 196. 

 Coluber emoryi Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 852, fig. 197. 



TYPE locality: Red River, Arkansas. V ^Vv 



RANGE : Kansas southward to Central Mexico. '^ , T^O 



Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta (Say) 

 PILOT BLACK-SNAKE 



Cobtber obsoletus Say 



Long's Exp. Rocky Mts., Vol. 1, 1823, p. 140. 

 Elaphis obsoletus Garman 



Mem. Mus. Comp. Zobl., Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 54. 

 Coluber obsoletus obsoletus (part) Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 844, fig. 194. 



TYPE locality: Isle au Vache [sic] to Council Bluffs on the 

 Missouri River. 



range: Southern New England westward to Michigan, south- 

 ward to Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. 



Elaphe obsoleta confinis (Baird and Girard) 



Scotophis confinis Baird and Girard 



Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 76. 

 Elaphe obsoleta confinis Stejneger and Barbour 



Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 83. 

 Coluber confinis Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 829, fig. 187. 



TYPE locality: Anderson, South Carolina. 

 range : South Atlantic and Gulf States and states of southern 

 Mississippi Valley. 



