24 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 



FAMILY : A N G U I D A E 



GENUS: OPHISAURUS, Daudin. 



OPHISAURUS VENTRALIS (Linne) Daudin 

 Glass Snake, Joint Snake 



Type locality: Carolina. 



General distribution : North Carolina to Florida in 

 the East, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Illinois south into 

 Mexico. 



Alabama records : St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Mobile, 

 and Baldwin counties.* Very common in and around Mo- 

 bile. 



FAMILY: TEIIDAE 



GENUS: CNEMIDOPHORUS, Wagler. 



CNEMIDOPHORUS SEXLINEATUS (Linne) Dum. & Bibr. 

 Six-Lined Lizard, Race-Runner 



Type locality: Carolina. 



General distribution : Maryland to Florida, west to 

 northern Mexico and Arizona and up the Mississippi Val- 

 ley to Lake Michigan. 



Alabama records: Tuscaloosa, Greene, Montgomery, 

 Baldwin and Mobile counties. 



FAMILY: SCINCIDAE 



GENUS: LEIOLOPISMA, Dumeril and Bibron. 



LEIOLOPISMA LATERALE (Say) Jordan {Lygosoyna laterale) 

 Ground Lizard 



Type locality : Banks of Mississippi River below 

 Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 



General distribution : Maryland to Florida, west to 

 Illinois and Texas. 



Alabama records : Mobile, Baldwin and Etowah coun- 

 ties. 



*I saw one in a road in Walker County in October, 1911. R. 

 M. Harper. 



