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NATRIX RHOMBIFERA (Hallowell) Cepe 

 Diamond-Back Water Snake 



Type locality: Arkansas River. 



General distribution : Southern Illinois and Indiana, 

 south to Texas, Louisiana and Alabama. 



Alabama records : Mobile County, Kelly's Pond ; 

 common in ponds and creeks. 



NATRIX RIGIDA (Say) Cope 

 Striped Water Snake 



Type locality : The Southern States. 



General distribution : The Carolinas to Florida and 

 Alabama. 



Alabama records : Montgomery County ; Chastang, 

 and Mt. Vernon, Mobile County. 



NATRIX SEPTEMVITTATA (Say) Cope {N. leberis, Cope) 

 Queen-Snake, Moon-Snake 



Type locality: Pennsylvania. 



General distribution : Central, Eastern and Gulf 

 States. 



Alabama records : Walker County, and University, 

 Tuscaloosa County. 



NATRIX SIPEDON FASCIATA (Linne) Stejneger & Barbour 



(N. fascjata, Cope; Tropidonotus fasciatus sipedon Boulenger) 



Banded Water Snake, Moccasin 



Type locality : Carolina. 



General distribution : Virginia to Florida, west to 

 Louisiana, and northward up the Mississippi Valley to 

 Nebraska and Illinois. 



Alabama records : Etowah, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Mo- 

 bile and Baldwin counties. 



Common in rivers, ditches, ponds and creeks, and of- 

 ten mistaken for the true poisonous Water Moccasin. 



NATRIX SIPEDON ERYTHROGASTER (Shaw) Forster 



{N. fasciata erythrogaster, Cope) 



Red-bellied Water Snake 



This according to Stejneger and Barbour is only a col- 

 or variety of the former. It has been recorded from Jef- 



