156 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1956 



Scientifio name Common name Number 



Varanidae: 



Varanus niloticus African monitor 1 



Varanus varius Australian lace monitor 2 



Teiidae: 



Tupinambis nigropunctatus Black tegu 2 



Scincidae: 



Chalcides sepoides Three-fingered skink 3 



Egernia luctuosa Mourning skink 2 



Egernia whitei White's skink 8 



Eumeces fasciatus Greater five-lined skink 2 



Scincus officinalis Sand skink 12 



Trachysaurus rugosus Stump-tailed lizard 1 



Chameleontidae: 



Cha?naeleon dilepis Flap-necked chameleon 1 



SERPENTES 



Boidae: 



Boa enydris cookii Cook's tree boa 1 



Boa enydris enydris Tree boa 1 



Constrictor constrictor Boa constrictor 1 



Constrictor imperator Emperor boa 2 



Epicrates angulifer Cuban boa 4 



Epicrates cenchria Rainbow boa 5 



Epicrates inornatus Puerto Rican boa 1 



Eryx thebaicus Sharp-tailed sand boa 1 



Eunectes murinus Anaconda 7 



Python molurus Indian rock python .. 1 



Python regius Ball python 4 



Python reticulatus Regal python 5 



Python sebae African python 2 



Colubridae: 



Acrochordus javanicus Elephant trunk snake 1 



Arizona elegans Faded snake 1 



Boaedon lineatum African house snake, or musaga._ 2 



Boiga dendrophila Mangrove snake 1 



Carphophis amoena Worm snake 26 



Diadophis punctatus edwardsi Ring-necked snake 1 



Dispholidus typus Boomslang 6 



Drymarchon corais couperi Indigo snake 7 



™ , „ . f Corn snake 1 



Etap he guttata i«n- ^ ■, 



r [Albino corn snake 1 



Elaphe obsolela confinis Southern pilot black snake 1 



Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta Pilot black snake 14 



Elaphe quadrivittata Chicken snake 2 



Heterodon contortrix Hog-nosed snake 1 



Lampropeltis doliata Scarlet king snake 1 



Lampropeltis getulus californiae California king snake 2 



Lampropeltis getulus fioridana Florida king snake 1 



Lampropeltis getulus getulus King snake 1 



Lampropeltis getxdus splendida Sonoran king snake 1 



Lampropeltis rhombomaculala Mole snake 2 



Lampropeltis triangulum Milk snake 2 



Leptophis occidenlalis Parrot snake 1 



