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112. DiADOPHls AMABiLis Baird and Girard, Western Ring- 



necked Snake. 

 Coast region south to the mouth of the Rio 

 Grande River, north to Bexar and Comal Counties, 

 westward through the trans-Pecos counties. No. 

 1897 of the National Museum collection from "New 

 Orleans to Galveston," is the type of Kennicott's Dia- 

 dophis texensis. 



113. Ophibolus doliatus doliatus Linn. Scarlet King 



Snake. 

 Eastern Texas, south to Victoria, west to Waco; 

 rare. 



114. Ophibolus doliatus coccineus Schlegel. Red King 



Snake. 

 Recorded from Galveston by Cope. Mr. Julius 

 Hurter writes me that he captured a specimen at 

 Paris, Lamar County, and it is now in his private 

 collection. 



115. Ophibolus doliatus gentilis Baird and Girard. 



Ringed King Snake. 

 Rio Grande valley, north and east to San Angelo, 

 San Antonio and Victoria. This is the Lampropeltis 

 annulata of Kennicott. 



116. Ophibolus calligaster Harlayi. Evan's King Snake. 



In Texas, this beautiful king snake has been re- 

 ported from only a few scattered localities. Cope 

 mentions examples from Gainesville, near the north- 

 eastern boundary, and Fort Davis, in the trans-Pecos 

 region. Garman records one from Deming's Bridge, 

 Matagorda County, under the name of Ophibolus 

 rhomb omacidatus Holbrook. It is found in the 

 neighborhood of Waco, but is extremely rare. 



117. Ophibolus getulus holbrookii Stejneger. Speckled 



King Snake. 



I adopt the name proposed by Dr. Stejneger for the 

 Ophibolus getulus sayii of most authors, for I be- 



