CKOCODILIANS, LIZARDS, AXD SNAKES. 



1135 



Austroriparian legiou, liaving a rauge about ecjuivaleiit to that of the 

 iSiren hivertina, and thus characterizing the region. It extends from 

 southeast Virginia to the llio (Irande and throughout Florida. It 

 ascends the Mississippi to middle Illinois and the Ohio to the Wabash 

 Eiver. It inhabits swamps and the borders of water courses, and 

 catches fishes with ease. It generally seeks the water on being dis- 

 turbed, but will turn on the i)ursuer if cornered. Its bite is very dan- 

 gerous. NMien about to strike it dis])lays the white interioi' of its 

 mouth for a short time; hence the name "cotton mouth.'' In spite of 

 its size and dangerous character fatalities from its bite are less fre- 

 quent than those occurring from the bites of other Crotalida' which 

 inhabit places more used by man. 



Ancialrodon pisvivorua Lac4pede. 



Catalogue 

 No. 



Number 

 of speci- 

 mens. , 



Locality. 



833 



809 



817 



819 



824 



825 



9006 



10551 



10441 



10442 



808 



9097 



10679 

 10734 

 10702 

 10488 



4202 

 822 



4203 

 17908 

 19056 



Newbern. North Caro- 

 lina. 

 New Orleans, Louisiana. 



When 

 collected. 



Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina. 

 St. Simon's Islanil, Geor- 



Fort Smith, Arkansas 



Union County, Illinois 



do ." 



Montgonieiy, Alabama ... 



Gainesville, Florida 



do 



do 



Prairie Mer Rouge, Louisi- 

 ana. 



Wilmington, Norlli Caro- 

 liuii. 



Clearwater, Florida 



do 



Gainesville, Florida 



From whom received. 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Acad. Nat. Sci., New Or- 

 leans. 



J. P. Postell . 



May — , 1877 



Apr. 18,1881 



May —,1880 



May — , 1880 



Dr.B. F. Shumard. 



1{. Kennicott 



do 



Kumlien and Bean , 



James Bell 



do 



do 



J. Fairie , 



— , 1879 



July 14,1879 



Indianola, Texas 



Near ;i2'^ latitude 



Eagle Pass, Texas . . . 

 Hopedale, Arkansas. 

 Mobile, -Mabama 



July — , U 



S.T.AValker 



do j 



James Bell I 



do 



Col. J .D. Graham, U.S.A. 



("apt. Joliu Pope, r. S. A. 



A. Si-hott 



O.P.Uay 



Julius Hurler , 



Alcoholic. 



<lo. 



do. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do 

 do. 



ANCISTRODON CONTORTRIX Linnaeus. 



Aiiciatrodon contortrix liAiRD, Serp. N. Y., 1.S.51. )>. LS. — (Oi-k, (lu'ck-list X. Aiiier. 



Batr. L'cpt., 1875, p. 34. 

 Agkistrodoii cotitortrir liAiRi> .iiid (iiKAiU), Cat. N. Aiiier. K't-pt.. I'l. 1. Serp., ISii'd, 



p. 17. 

 JSod contortrix LiXN.KCS, Syst. Nat., L 17t)t), \i. 'M'A. — (;:\iki.ix. I.iiiii. Syst. Nat., 



13th ed., I, 1788, Pt. 3, p. 1082. 

 Jt/kinirodoii mokexon Pal. dk Ukaivois, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, IV, 17!lit, p. 381. 

 Cenchria mokexon l>Ari)ix, R(']»t.. V, 1853, p. 358, pi. xl, fig. 3. — Hahi.ax, Metl. 



Phys. Kes., 1835, ]>. 128. 

 ScjitalKs ciijjreiin RAFiXKstjnc, Amer. .loiiiu. Arts. .Sci., 1, 1834, p. 85. — IIaki.ax, 



Med. Phy.s. Pes., 18:55, p. 130. 

 TrUlonoccpliaJus cetichris Schlkoei., Ess. Phys. SiTpeiis. 11. 1S37, p. .553, j)!. xx, 



tigs. 10,11. 

 Trigouocephahix cuiilorlr'tx lloi.iutooK, N. Amer. Merpt., Ill, 18-12, i>. 39. pi. ^ iii. — 



Df.MKKiL and Pihkox, llrp. Geu.. VII, 1854, p. 14i»4. 



