98 CORONELLA GETULA. 
with great caution, for they are led to suppose the animals inhabit the neigh- 
bourhood of the ports from whence they are shipped; thus we have it said that 
the “Anolius,” the “Green Turtle,” the “Iguana,” Wc., are natives of the more 
northern states; some of which are not even found on the continent of North 
America. 
Generat Remarks. The history of this serpent is plain enough; it was first 
described by Catesby under the name Chain Snake, and accompanied with a 
drawing, not very good to be sure, but sufficiently accurate to make it certain 
that it refers to the animal now under consideration. It next appears in the 
twelfth edition of the Systema Nature as the Coluber getulus, with a single 
reference to Catesby, and this specific name it has ever since borne, although 
different naturalists have arranged it in very different genera. 
