34 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 



LAMPROPELTIS RHOMBOMACULATA (Holbrook) Cope 



{Ophibolus rho7)ibomacidatus, Baird & Girard) 



Brown King-Snake, Molecatcher 



Type locality: Georgia and Alabama. 

 General distribution : Maryland to Georgia and Ala- 

 bama. 



Alabama records: Mobile County. 

 A rare snake. 



GENUS: CEMOPHORA, Cope. 



CEMOPHORA COCCINEA (Blumenbach) Cope 

 Scarlet Snake 



Type locality: Florida. 



General distribution : Maryland to Florida and Louis- 

 iana. 



Alabama records : Athens, Limestone County 

 'Cope) ; University, Tuscaloosa County; Bayou la Batre, 

 Mobile County. 



GENUS: NATRIX, Laurenti. (Tropidonotus. Kuhl.) 



NATRIX CLARKII (Baird & Girard) Cope 

 Salt Water Moccasin, Clark's Water Snake 



Type locality: Indianola, Texas. 



General distribution : Gulf Coast from western Flor- 

 ida west to Texas. 



Alabama records : Mobile County, Bayous and beach- 

 es of the Mississippi Sound, Coden and Bayou la Batre. 



This with other species of Matrix must be considered 

 harmful in as much as their food consists largely of fish 

 and frogs. 



NATRIX CYCLOPIUM (Dumeril & Bibron) Cope 

 Green Wateii Snake 



Type locality: New Orleans. 



General distribution : Florida to Louisiana and up 

 the Mississippi Valley to Southern Illinois. 



Alabama records: University, Tuscaloosa County, 

 Three Mile Creek, Mobile County. 



