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profile. Eye rather small, placed a trifle anterior in length of 
mouth or over commisure of fourth and fifth upper labials. 
Frontal plate rather broadly pentagonal, constricted moderately 
behind with straight sides and posterior angle much more acute 
than anterior. Parietals broadly convergent posteriorly, with 
median emargination. Internasals small, scarcely overlapping 
edges of snout, and about half size of prefrontals. Prefrontals — 
rather large and bending down over side of snout a little to 
loreal. Rostral large, and rather broadly crescent-shaped. Nos- 
tril pierces commisure of nasals, which are rather small, and 
2 in number. Loreal rather large. Supraoculars small, rather 
Ring Necked Snake. Diadophis punctatus (Linnzus). 
broadly constricted anteriorly, and much shorter than frontal. 
Preoculars 2, upper rather broad, and lower a little long ver- 
tically. Postoculars 2, upper nearly twice size of lower. Upper 
labials 8, and seventh largest. Lower labials 8, fifth largest. 
Pregenials longer than postgenials. Temporal rather small, 
elongate, and followed by another a little smaller. Scales all 
smooth, without keels, in 15 transverse series over back, and 225 
counted from parietal plates to tip of tail. Gastrosteges 146 to 
vent. Urosteges double. ‘Tail about 4 in body, and tapering 
rapidly to a slender tip. Color in alcohol pale grayish above. 
Under surface creamy-brown with a deep brownish spot at each 
