642 12. BOIDZ 
Pierce (Fort Steilacoom), Chelan (Lucerne), Yakima 
Bumping Lake at 3,300 feet), Whitman (Pullman), and 
Columbia (Blue Mountains), counties. Those from the 
last two localities may possibly be C. otte utahensis. 
In British Columbia, it has been collected in Lillooet 
River Valley. Lord records it from Vancouver Island, the 
woods along the bank of the Chelukweyuk River, and the 
Sumass and Chelukweyuk prairies. 
Habits—This little snake is most abundant in moist 
places, such as are found in the redwood forests of the Coast 
Range. It is slow of movement, and very gentle. When 
handled, it usually ties itself into a curious ball-like knot 
often with the head hidden and the tail held as though it 
were the head, which it much resembles. Like Lichanura, 
it never tries to defend itself by biting. A female caught 
in June contained large eggs. A specimen from Carmel had 
eaten six young mice. It regurgitated four of these when 
handled, but soon swallowed one again. Cope records one 
of these snakes captured in the act of swallowing a blue- 
bellied lizard, and Mr. Slevin found one which had eaten 
two of these lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis). 
140. Charina botte utahensis Van Denburgh 
Great Bastin RuBBER SNAKE 
Plate 60 
Charina botte Van DenBuRGH & Srevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 
Vol. 5, No. 4, 1915, p. 106; SreyNEGER & Barzour, Check List 
N. Amer. Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 74 (part); ORTENBURGER, Copeia, 
1921, No. 100, p. 84 (?). 
Charina botte utahensis VAN DeENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 
Vol. 10, No. 3, 1920, p. 31 (type locality, Little Cottonwood 
Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Wasatch County, Utah); Van 
DensurcH & Stevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. XI, 
1921, pp. 40, 44. 
