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these plates are involved in a white ring which ring crosses 
the occiput and includes the posterior temporals and the 
last labial plate before joining the white of the throat. The 
rest of the top and sides of the head are blackish, usually 
mottled with red or white on the snout. Behind the first 
white ring is one of black, sometimes incomplete below, fol- 
lowed by one of red, and in turn by others of black, white, 
black, red, black, white, and so on, the whole body and tail 
being encircled by from 25 to 40 white or yellowish rings 
between which are rings of black more or less divided and re- 
placed by blotches or rings of red or pink. The proportion 
of black to red varies greatly. Some of the white rings 
may be incomplete or alternate, and they usually are broader 
below. 
In life, the light rings vary from light gray to bright 
yellow, and the red from brownish or brick red to scarlet. 
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Distribution.—This snake is said to range from south 
central Texas to South Dakota, thence west to Utah and 
eastern Arizona. 
Dr. Garman recorded it from Utah but gave no definite 
locality. The only Utah specimen I have seen is a young 
female collected in Cedar City Canyon, Iron County, given 
to me by Mr. Herbert Pack. Blanchard records it also from 
Provo, Utah County, Utah. 
I have seen no specimens from Arizona, but Stejneger 
and Blanchard record it from “eastern Arizona” and Yar- 
row’s specimen from Camp Apache represented this sub- 
species. 
