The seventeen species of Ophidia hitherto known to inhabit 

 New- York are as follows* : 



LIST OF SPECIES. 



1. Crotalus durissus, Linn Rattlesnake. 



2. Crotalophortjs tergeminus, Holbr. Massasauga. 



3. Ancistrodon contortrix, B.Sf G.. Copperhead, 



4. EuT^NiA SAURiTA, B. Sf G Striped-snake. 



6. " siRTALis, B. ^ G Gartersnako. 



6. Nerodia sipedon, B. ^ G Watersnake. 



7. Eegina leberis, B.^- G Yellowbellied-snake. 



8. Heterodon platyrhinos, La^r Hognose. 



9. ScoTOPHis alleghaniensis, B. (|- G. Mountain Blacksnake. 



10. Ophibolus getulus, B. ^- G Kingsnake. 



11. " eximius, B.S^' G Housesnake. 



12. Bascanion constrictor, B. ^ G. . . Blacksnake. 



13. Chlorosoma vernalis, B. Sf- G. ... Greensnake. 



14. DiADOPHis PUNCTATUS, B. Sf G Ringsnake. ^^t•. 



15. Celuta amcena, B. ^ G Wormsnake. 



16. Storeria dekayi, B. ^ G Spotted-snake. 



17. " occiPiTO-MACULATA, B. . . Redbellied-snake. 



In addition to these, some seven or more species will, in' all 

 probability, be hereafter detected in the State : these are, Crotalo- 

 phorus 7nassasauga, Kirtland ( C. kirtlandii^ Holbrook), in the 

 west ; Merodia agassizii and Scotophis vulpinus, from the north- 

 west ; Merodia 7iigra, from the north ; Heterodon niger and Rea-ina 

 rigida, from the south, and PityopMs melanoleucus from the south- 

 east. 



* The numbers attached to the species are the same as on the corresponding figures 

 of the plates. 



