96 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1917 



Natrix septemvittata (Say) 

 MOON -SNAKE, QUEEN- SNAKE 



Coluber septemvittatus Say 



Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila., Vol. 4, Pt. 2, 1825, p. 240. 

 Natrix septemvittata Cope 



Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 18, 1895, p. 216. 

 Natrix leheris ^ Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 993, fig. 265. 



TYPE locality: Pennsylvania. 



range: Central, Eastern and Gulf States from Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio and Wisconsin southward. 



Natrix sipedon sipedon (Linne) 

 WATER SNAKE 



Coluber sipedon Linne 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 219. 

 Natrix sipedon Kirsch 



Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., Vol. 14, 1895, p. 333. 

 Natrix fasciata sipedon Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 969, fig. 251. 



TYPE locality: North America. 



range: Northern and northeastern United States. 



Natrix sipedon fasciata ^ (Linn^;) 

 Coluber fasciatns Linne 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 378. 

 Natrix fasciata fasciata Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 966, fig. 250. 



type locality: Carolina. 



range : Virginia to Florida, westward to Louisiana and north- 

 ward up the Mississippi through all the central states to Ne- 

 braska and Indiana. 



Natrix sipedon pictiventris Cope 



Natrix fasciata pictiventris Cope 



Amer. Nat., Vol. 29, 1895, p. 677. 

 Natrix fasciata pictiventris Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 969. 



TYPE locality: Palatka, Florida. 

 range: Peninsula of Florida. 



1 Not Coluber leheris of Liniie. 



' Apparent forms which arc more or less uniformly rufcscent are found in the ranges of both the 

 subspecies /oictoto and sipedon. To these the names of Natrix sipedon erylhrogaster Forster (in Bossu, 

 TVavels through North America, Vol. 1, 1771, p. 364, footnote) and Natrix sipedon fulvivenier Rafi- 

 nesque (Ann. Nat., 1820, No. 1, p. 6) have been given. 



