Reptiles and Amphibians of Illinois. 297 



Ophiholiis rhomhnmnnilatns, Bd. and Gir., Cat. N. K. Kept. Pt. I., 

 1853, p. 86— Davis and Rice, liull. III. State Lab. Nat. Hist., 

 I., No. 5, 18H3, p. 34; Jiull. (^liicago Acad. Sci., 1883. 



(tphlboliis in'i(U(/u/iis, var. rliniiihoDKiriilatKs, S. Garman, Mem. 

 Mus. (!omp. Zool., 1883, p. 15(). 



Dorsal scales in twenty-one rows. 



Light brown above with a large dorsal and two small 

 lateral series of dark-margined reddish brown blotches. Salm- 

 on-red beneath, with very obscure dark blotches. A dark 

 stripe extends from the eye to the corner of the mouth. Dorsal 

 blotches about fifty-two (ten of which are on the tail), each 

 about seven scales wide and from one and a half to two and a 

 half scales long. Ventrals about 211. Subcaudals about 45. 



Southern Illinois (Davis and Rice). 



Ophibolus getulus, Linn. Chain Snake, King Snake. 

 Var. getulus. 



Coluber yetuhis, Liun., Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1766, I., p. 382. 

 Coronella getula,}io\hx., N. A. Herp., 1842, III., p. 95, pi. 21. 

 Coluber getulus, De Kay, Nat. Hist. N. Y., I., Zool. III., Rept. 



and Amph., 1842, p. 37, pi. 10, fig. 21. 

 OpJiiholus getulus. Bd, and Gir., Cat. N. A. Rept., Pt. 1., 1853, 



p. 85. 

 Coronella getvla. Dum. et Bibr., Erp. Gen., VII., 1854, p. 616. 

 Ophibolus get H I ti.s, su.bsi>. getulus, Davis and Rice, Bull. 111. State 



Lab. Nat. Hist., I., No. 5, 1883, p. 33. 

 Ophibolus getulus, S. Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1883, pp. 



68, 156. pi. 5, fig. 3. 



Var. sayi. 



Coronella .saiji. Holbr., N. A. Herp., 1842, III., p. 99, pi. 22. 



Coluber say I. De Kay, Nat. Hist. N. Y., I., Zool. III., Rept. and 

 Amph., 1842, p. 41. 



Ophibolus saiji. Bd. and Gir., Cat. N. A. Rept., Pt. I., 1853, p. 84. 



Coron-ll'tsagi, Dinn. et Bibr., Erp. G.n., V"£[., 1854, p. ()19. 



Ophibolus getulus, var. sayi, Davis and Rice, Bull. 111. State Lab. 

 Nat. Hist, I., No. 5, 1883, p. 34; Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., 

 1883.— S. Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1883, pp. 68, 156. 



Body moderately stout. Width of the head but little 

 greater than the diameter of the neck. Tail rather short, 

 tapering. All the dorsal scales smooth. Rostral plate but 

 little wider than high, convex, angulate between the interna- 



