CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS, AND SNAKES. 



921 



is much obscured, and si sliglit approximation to the subspecies splen- 

 diduH is presented. According to Van Denburgh the young can not be 

 distinguished from that of 0. g. boylii. On tlie other hand, the type 

 called by Yarro^v mKlUcinrfiis has the white cross bands more numerous 

 than in the tyi)ical L. g. boylii. 



This handsome form inhabits regions of diverse climate, ranging 

 from the comparatively rainy region of northern California to the dry 

 southern extremity of Lower California and the arid deserts of south- 

 ern Arizona and southern Nevada. It has not been taken east of 

 Arizona. The form conjunctKH is from the southern extremity of Lower 

 California, while the multicincfus type is from southern California. 



Dr. Merriam, in his report on the Death Valley Expedition, gives the 

 following note in regard to the distribution of this species: 



This lar^e and conspicuons snake, whose cream-colored body is sharply marked 

 by rings of black, was lirst found in the valley of the Lower Muddy, near an aban- 

 doned mill at Overton, Nevada, where several were secui'cd in dense thickets of 

 Airiplex torreyi. About dark they began to emerge from these retreats, making a 

 great noise in crawling over the dry leaves, and were soon found in the open. The 

 species was obtained also in Pahranagat Valley, Nevada, a little north of the 

 middle of the valley. On the west slope of the Sierra Nevada, in California, speci- 

 mens were collected in Kern Valley, at Three Rivers, and on the east fork of Kaweah 

 River. 



Ophibolua getulus hoylii Baird and Girard, 



Catalogue 

 No. 



8144 



4285 

 1703 



7847 



^8426 



1713 



4284 



8577 

 1730 

 5288 



11420 

 11787 

 12624 



11753 



Number 



of sped- 



nieus. 



Locality. 



Eldorado County, C-ili- 



I'oruii. 

 San Fraucisco, (California. 



Fort Tejon, Califoi-nia. . . 

 Port Reading, California. 



Fort Whipple, Arizona.. 



Southern Arizona 



Colorado Desert 



1 Fort Yuma, California. 



Santa Barbara, California. 



San Franr.Ksco, California. 



Cape St. Lucas, L. Cali. 

 fornia. 



McCloud River, Washing- 

 ton. 



Fort Whipple, Arizona... 



Fresno, California 



La Paz, L. California 



St. Thomas, Nevada 



Fresno, California 



Cape St. Lucas, Lower 

 California. 



Fort Mojave, Arizona 



When 

 collected. 



— , 1875 



Feb. 10, 1876 



April— ,1880 



_, 1880 



Feb. — , 1882 



1879 



From whom received. 



Lient. E. S. Williamson, 



U.S.A. 



John Xantu,<! 



Lieut. K. S. Williamson, 



U.S.A. 



E Palmer 



Dr. C. ti. Newberry 



Maj. W. H. Emorj-, 



U. S. A. 

 Ma,i. G. H. Thomas, 



U.S.A. 



W. L. Schnmaker 



R.D. Cutis 



John Xantus 



Livingston Stune 



Dr. E. Cones, U.S.A.. 



Gustav Eisen 



L. Uelding 



E. Palmer 



G.Eisen 



J. Xantus 



Dr. R. E. Lightburne . 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Alcoholic. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 (Type of O. 

 g. multi- 

 einctiis.) 

 (Type of O. 

 g. c n • 

 nmctiis.) 

 Alcoholic. 



