866 13. COLUBRID 
196. Sonora episcopa (Kennicott) 
STRIPED GROUND SNAKE 
Lamprosoma episcopum Kewnnicott, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. II, 
1859, Rept., p. 22, pl. 8, fig. 2 (type locality, Eagle Pass and 
San Antonio to Rio Grande, Texas); Bocourt, Miss. Sci. au 
Mex., Rept., 1883, p. 559, pl. XXXIV, fig. 4. 
Contia episcopa Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 251; Cope, 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, p. 36; Copr, Bull. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., No. 17, 1880, p. 20; Garman, Mem. Mus. Compr. Zool., 
Cambr., Vol. VIII, No. 3, 1883, pp. 94, 164, pl. VI, fig. 2; Bou- 
LENGER, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., Vol. II, 1894, p. 265; Mocquarp, 
Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, Ser. 4, Vol. I, 1899, p. 319; 
Dirmars, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 331; SrRecKER, Baylor Bulletin, 
Vol. XVIII, No. 4, 1915, p- 37- 
Homalosoma episcopum Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys., Vol. II, 1862, 
p. 35; Jan, Iconogr. Génér. Ophid., 13e livr., 1865, pl. IV, fig. 2. 
Contia episcopa episcopa Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 17, 1880, 
p- 21; Yarrow, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 87; Cope, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XIV, 1892, p. 601; Brown, Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1901, p. 67; Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila., 1903, p. 553. 
Contia episcopa torquata Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 17, 1880, 
p- 21 (type locality, Northwestern Texas); Corr, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., Vol. XIV, 1892, p. 601. 
Contia torquata BouLENGER, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., Vol. II, 1894, 
p. 266. 
Chionactis episcopus episcopus Corr, Report U. S. Nat. Mus., for 1898, 
1900, p. 938. 
Chionactis episcopus torquatus Cope, Report U. S. Nat. Mus., for 1898, 
1900, p. 939. 
Chionactis episcopus Van DensBurcu, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 
Vol; ILE 1912;."p> 158: 
Sonora episcopa VAN DensurcH & Stevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 
4, Vol. 3, 1913, p. 412; Camp, Univ. Cal. Publ. Zool., Vol. 12, No. 
17, 1916, p. $30; GRINNELL & Camp, Univ. Cal. Publ. Zool., Vol. 17, 
No. 10, 1917, p. 183; STEJNEGER & Barsour, Check List N. Amer. 
Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 92; VAN DensBurcu & Stevin, Proc. Cal. 
Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. XI, 1921, p. 52. 
