Notes on the llatrachiaiis and Reptiles of Vigo Co., Itid. 29 



REPTILIA. . 



OPHIDIA. 

 COLUBRID.Ii;. 



I. Stokkkia occ I pi TOM AC u lata, Storer. — Red-Bellied vSnake. 



This handsome little snake is rare in Western Indiana, and 

 for that matter throughout the State. A single specimen 

 taken from beneath a log in upland woods represents what is 

 known of the species in Vigo County. 



2. Storkria dekavi, Holbrook. — DeKay's Brown Snake. 



Rather frequent, especially* in vSpring. I have never found 

 it near the water, although W. H. Smith, in his Report on the 

 Amphibians and Reptiles of Ohio, says that it is aquatic. 



3. Tropidoclonium kirtlandi, Kennicott. — Kirtland's 



Snake. 



This species is rare in Vigo County, where but two speci- 

 mens have been taken, but in Putnam County, forty miles 

 northeast, it is rather common. It must be nocturnal in its 

 habits, as every one of the half dozen or more specimens 

 which I have seen were found coiled up beneath logs or stones, 

 and usually close to small streams. 



4. EuTAiNiA SAURITA, L. — Riband Snake. — Slender Garter 



Snake. 



This graceful snake is quite common, and is usually found 

 in the vicinity of water, but has never been seen by the writer 

 to enter it. For three years it has been the first .species seen 

 in Spring — the dates being March 23, 18 and 22, respectively. 



5. EuTAiNiA FAiREYi, Bd.-Gr. — Fairie's Garter vSnake. 



Rare. Two specimens in the collection of the State Normal 

 School and one in my own are all that I have .seen. Vigo 

 County is probably near the eastern limit of its range. 



