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Storeria dekayi (Holbrook). 
DeKay’s Brown Snake. 
One seen near Fort Lee in Bergen county, in 1905, by Mr. S. 
H. Hamilton. Mr. J. E. Richardson reports it from Oak Lynn in 
Camden county. 
Opheodrys zstivus (Linnzus). 
Summer Snake. 
Color when fresh, olive-green on back, upper surface of head 
and tail, and turning to bright oil-green along sides of body. 
Under surface of body largely primrose-yellow, though on tail 
below it becomes citron-yellow, and on lower surface of head 
wax-white. Upper labials all with more or less whitish and be- 
tween this color and dark shade of head above oil-green tinge. 
Iris largely dull blackish with whitish circle around pupil. Inside 
of mouth livid brownish. Length 27 inches. Stafford’s Forge 
in Ocean county, June gth, 1907. J. A. G. Rehn. 
Mr. J. E. Richardson reports it from Sicklerville and about a 
mile north of Point Pleasant, in Camden county, and Newtonville 
in Atlantic county. 
Liopeltis vernalis (Harlan). 
Green Snake. 
Abundant at Mount Hope in Morris county, according to Mr. 
S. H. Hamilton. 
Bascanion constrictor (Linnzus). 
Black Snake. 
A large dead example was found at Green Creek, in Cape May 
county, on June 9th, 1907. Mr. J. A. G. Rehn says they were 
formerly very abundant at Absecon. Mr. J. E. Richardson says 
he found it around Clementon, near Sumner, Pine Hill, near 
