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and offer an interesting problem in distribution, for T. o. 
vagrans has never been taken in southern California. 
Habits —The snakes taken at Elko, Nevada, had been 
feeding on the larve of Rana pipiens. 
Ruthven and Gaige, who observed this snake in Elko 
County, Nevada, state: “The species is quite aquatic in its 
habits. It is generally found in the immediate vicinity of 
water, and often in the streams or ponds. From the stom- 
achs examined it would appear that most of the food is 
secured in the water. One specimen had eaten a small toad, 
and five others had captured fish and tadpoles. It is a 
voracious feeder. The stomach of one individual contained 
eight large tadpoles, that of another five fish, and one had 
eaten a fish 141 mm. in length besides a smaller one. Three 
pregnant females brought back alive gave birth to eight, 
ten and 12 young on August 25, September 2 and Sep- 
tember 10.” 
188. Thamnophis ordinoides biscutatus (Cope) 
KLAMATH GARTER-SNAKE 
Plate 90 
Eutenia biscutata Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, p. 21 (type 
locality, Klamath Lake, Oregon); Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
Vol. XIV, 1892, p. 651. 
Thamnophis vagrans biscutata VAN DenBuRGH, Occas. Papers Cal. Acad. 
Sci., V, 1897, p. 212; Van Densureu, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 
4, Vol. III, 1912, p. 158. 
Eutenia elegans biscutata Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1903, 
p- 291; Dirmars, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 229. 
Thamnophis ordinoides elerans RuTHVEN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 
61, 1908, p. 138 (part). 
Thamnophis ordinoides biscutatus VAN DeNBURGH & SteEvin, Proc. Cal. 
Acad: Sci:, Ser: 4, Vol Vill, 1918, p. 245, ‘pli 12. 
