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sides rather abruptly vertical. When viewed above obtusely 
convex with rather broad convergence. Snout obtuse in profile 
and projecting well beyond mandible. Eye moderately large, 
and placed over commisure of third and fourth upper labials. 
Frontal plate hexagonal, broad, convergence rather broad, pos- 
teriorly with straight sides, and posterior angle steeper than 
anterior. Internasals rather broad and somewhat angular, much 
more than half size of prefrontals. Prefrontals broad and bending 
over side of snout down to postnasal. Parietals large, rather 
elongate, convergence posteriorly .moderate, and median emar- 
gination shallow. Rostral rather broadly crescent-shaped. Nos- 
tril pierces internasal commisure which separates 2 rather large 
nasals. No loreal. Supraocular narrow and long. Preocular 
single and large. Postoculars rather long, 2. Upper labials 7, 
a, 
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So = 
DeKay’s Brown Snake. Storeria dekayi (Holbrook). 
of which seventh is largest, and fifth larger than sixth. Lower 
labials 7, and fifth largest. Postgenials equal to pregenials. 
First temporal largest, wedged between parietal and last 3 upper 
labials, and followed by a row of 2 more. Scales on back strongly 
keeled, and keels becoming obsolete or lost at lowest lateral 
series, in I4 transverse series, and 185 between parietals and tip 
of caudal. Gastrosteges 124 to vent. Urosteges double. Tail 
about 31% in length of body, and narrowly attenuated to a sharp 
tip. Body rather thick in middle and tapering towards each end. 
Color in alcohol grayish-brown above, with a clay-brown longi- 
tudinal median dorsal line or band margined parallel on each side 
by brownish, and deep brown spots interspersed their entire 
length. On each side of these dark streaks a longitudinal dorso- 
lateral series of brownish spots. A deep brown shade on each 
