ALABAMA AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, 37 



Alabama records: Indian Creek, Tuscaloosa County, 

 (Herbert H. Smith, April 15, 1912). 



GENUS: POTAMOPHIS, Fitzinger. 



POTAMOPHIS STRIATULUS (Linne) Garman 



{Haldea striatula, Baird & Girard) 



Ground-Snake, Worm-Snake 



Type locality : Carolina. 



General distribution : Virginia and Minnesota south 

 to the Gulf States. 



Alabama records : Mobile and Baldwin counties, com- 

 mon in low swampy fields. 



GENUS: THAMNOPHIS, Fitzinger. 



THAMNOPHIS SACKENII (Kennicott) Stejneger & Barbour 



(Eutaenia sackenii, Kennicott) 



Ostensacken's Garter Snake, Ribbon Snake 



Type locality : Florida. 



General distribution : Florida to southern Mississ- 

 ippi. 



Alabama records : Mobile County, lowlands. 



THAMNOPHIS SAURITUS (Linne) Stejneger 



{Eutainia, Baird & Girard) 



Ribbon Snake 



Type locality : Carolina. 



General distribution : Michigan, Ontario, and Maine, 

 south to Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia 



Alabama records: Talladega, Tuscaloosa, and Bar- 

 bour counties. 



THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS SIRTALIS (Linne) Garman 



{Eutainia, Baird & Girard) 



Common Garter Snake 



Type locality : Canada. 



General distribution : Eastern North America. 

 Alabama records: Etowah, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, 

 Greene, Mobile and Baldwin Counties. 



