ALABAMA AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, 27 



GENUS: DIADOPHIS, Baird and Girard. 



DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS (Linne) Baird & Girard 

 Ring-necked Snake 



Type locality: Carolina. 



General distribution : Eastern United States. 



Alabama records : Lawrence, Tuscaloosa, Mobile, 

 and Baldwin counties ; under logs and sphagnum moss in 

 moist places. 



GENUS: HETERODON, Latreille. 



HETERODON CONTORTRIX (Linne) Stejncger & Barbour 

 (Formerly called H. platyrhinus) 



Spreading Adder, Blowing Adder, Hog-nosed Snake 



Type locality: Carolina. 



General distribution : Eastern United States. 



Alabama records : Tuscaloosa, Hale, Greene, Sum- 

 ter, Montgomery, Clarke, Mobile and Baldwin counties. 



The Spreading Adder has an undeserved bad reputa- 

 tion ; it is absolutely harmless and may be handled with 

 impunity without fear of even a bite. 



The black form of this snake passing under the spe- 

 cific or varietal name of niger is found in Mobile and 

 Tuscaloosa counties with the typical form. 



HETERODON SIMUS (Linne) Holbrook 

 Hog-nosed Snake, Spreading Adder 



Type locality : Carolina. 



General distribution : Southeastern States, Indiana 

 to Florida. 



Alabama records: Perdido, Baldwin County (Lenoir 

 Thompson). 



GENUS: LIOPELTIS, Fitzinger. 



LIOPELTIS VERNALIS (Harlan) Cope 

 Smooth Greensnake 



Type locality : Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 

 General distribution : Canada to Florida and New 

 Mexico, commonest northeastward. 

 Alabama records : None. 



