38 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 



In Mobile County only the color variety passing under 

 the name T. sirtalis ordinatus is found, and this is very 

 common there. This form is also found in Tuscaloosa 

 County. 



GENUS: TANTILLA. Baird and Girard. 



TANTILLA CORONATA Baird & Girard 

 Crowned Tantilla 



Type locality : Kemper County, Mississippi. 



General distribution : Southeastern United States. 



Alabama records : Mobile and Baldwin Counties. 



This species belongs to the so-called Opisthoglyph 

 snakes, a division of mildly poisonous snakes with groov- 

 ed fangs in the rear of the upper jaw, but the species is 

 so small as to be absolutely harmless to man. 



FAMILY: FLAP I DAE 



GENUS: MICRURUS, Wagler. 



MICRURUS FULVIUS (Linne) Stejneger & Barbour 



(Flaps fulviua, Fiteinger) 



Coral- Snake 



Type locality: Carolina. 



General distribution : South Carolina and Mississip- 

 pi to Florida, the Gulf States, Mexico and Central Amer- 

 ica. 



Alabama records: Etowah County (van Aller) Greene 

 County (Cope), Tuscaloosa County, Mobile County, Bald- 

 win County (Capt. Bowen). 



Recent observations have demonstrated the fact, that 

 this beautiful and innocent-looking serpent really must 

 be considered dangerously poisonous, and care must be 

 taken not to mistake it for our harmless Kingsnake, Lam- 

 projjeltis dapfioidefi , which in outward appearance it 

 greatly resembles. The two may be distinguished by 

 the rule mentioned under the directions for collecting 

 and preserving. 



During my two years' stay in Nicaragua, I often 

 handled Coral-snakes in spite of continuous warnings 

 of the natives, but never had any of these snakes even at- 



