82 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1917 



Elaphe (GENUS) 



FiTZiNGER in Wagler, Descr. Icon, Amphib., Pt. 3, 1833, text to plate 27 

 type: parreysii = quatuorlineata 



Elaphe bairdi (Yarrow) 

 Coluber bairdi Yarrow 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 17, 1880, p. 41. 

 Coluber bairdii Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 854, fig. 198. 



TYPE locality: Fort Davis, 50 miles northwest of Presidio, 



Texas. 

 RANGE : Kjiown from type locality only. 



Elaphe chlorosoma (Gunther) 

 Coluber chlorosoma GIjnther 



Biol. Centr. Amer., Rept., 1894, p. 115, pi. 41. 



TYPE locality: Atoyak and Amula in Guerrero and San Ra- 

 mon in Jalisco, Mexico. 



range: Guerrero and Jalisco Mexico, northward to the Santa 

 Rita Mountains in Arizona. 



Elaphe guttata (Linne) 

 CORN-SNAKE 



Coluber guttatus Linne 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 385. 

 Elaphis guttatus Dumeril and Bibron 



Erp. Gen., Vol. 7, 1854, p. 273. 

 Coluber guttatus Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 833, figs. 189, 190. 



TYPE locality: Carolina. 



range : Maryland to Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. 



Elaphe laeta (Baird and Girard) 

 Scotophis laetus Baird and Girard 



Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 77. 

 Coluber laetus Cope 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 14, 1892, p. 606. 

 Coluber laetus Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 850, fig. 196. 

 Coluber emoryi Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 852, fig. 197. 



type locality : Red River, Arkansas. 

 range: Kansas southward to Central Mexico. 



