
TERRARIA AND AQUA-TERRARIA 

four yellow stripes, and between and below these are the coal-black lines 
for which the name anthracite has been applied. Length 6 to 8 inches. 
Other Lizards sometimes offered by Eastern dealers are Anolis prin- 
cipalis (Linn.), the Green Lizard or Chamaeleon, and Leiolopisma laterale 
(Say), the Ground Lizard, both southern forms, 5 inches long; PAryno- 
soma cornutus (Gir.), the Common Horned Toad of the southwest, 5 
inches long; and OpAisaurus ventralis (Linn.), the so-called Glass Snake, 
or Joint Snake which reaches a length of 25 inches, also a southern form. 
Opurpia. The Serpents have elongated bodies, obsolete limbs, im- 
bricated scales, bones of both jaws movable, no eyelids, forked tongues, 
and other anatomical characteristics, which separate them from other Ver- 
tebrates, except the snakelike lizard Ophiosaurus, above mentioned. The 
common species of the Eastern and Middle States are: 
Carphophiops amenus (Say), or Ground Snake, has a small flat head, 
broad snout, robust body for the size of the animal, rounded above, flat- 
tened below, and covered with small, sub-hexagonal scales above and 
larger plates below. The colors of the upper surface are light, glossy 
chestnut-brown, lower surface salmon-red. Length 12 inches. Common 
from Massachusetts to Illinois south, mostly found under rocks and the 
bark of old trees, feeding on insects. 
Storeria occipitomaculata (Stor.), or Red-bellied Snake, has a rather 
large narrow head and pointed snout; rather stout elongated body covered 
above with carinated hexagonal scales and broad plates below. The colors 
of the upper surface are greyish- or chestnut-brown with paler ventral 
bands, bordered with black dots, also obscure dots on the sides and back 
of the head, with three pale blotches. The lower surface is bright salmon- 
red. Length 12 inches. Found from Massachusetts to Minnesota, 
south to Georgia, and very abundant in the Middle States. 
Storeria dekayt (Hol.), or De Kay’s Snake, is another form very sim1- 
lar to the foregoing. The colors are greyish-brown with a clay colored 
dorsal band, bordered with dotted lines, and a dark patch on each side of 
the occiput. The lower surface is greyish-white. Found in the same 
localities as the above, abundant in the Eastern section to the Rocky 
Mountains and south. 
Thamnophis sauritus (Linn.), or Riband snake, Swift Garter, has a long 
ovoid head with a prolonged snout rounded at the apex; long and slender 
body covered with rather long carinate scales, notched behind, and 
moderately large plates below. The tail is very long, thin, and termi- 
nates ona point. The colors above are light olive-brown or chocolate, 
with three yellow stripes, and light brown or milky-white below with a 
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