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31. (16). Eutaenia saurita, Linnaeus. 
Ribbon snake. 
Coluber saurita, Linnaeus, Harlan, Storer, Thompson. 
Leptophis sauritus, Holbrook, DeKay. 
Tropidonotus saurita, Schlegel, Dumeril and Bibron, Gunther, 
Bouwlenger. 
Eutaenia strtais, Batrd and Burard, 
Eutaenia saurita, Cope. 
Length 30 inches. General color above dark brown; a 
vertebral and two lateral, longitudinal yeilow stripes. Abdo- 
men greenish white, without spots. Body slender, elongated, 
tapers out to long, pointed tail. 
Fields and meadows. _R. W. P. Coll., four specimens. 
32. (17). Eutaenia sirtalis sirtalis, Linnaeus. 
Garter snake; Striped snake. 
Eutaenta sirtalis, Baird and Girard. 
Tropidonotus ordinatus var. sirtalis, Boulenger. 
Eutaenia sivtalis sirtalis, Cope, Yarrow. 
Length 2 to 3 feet. General color above varies from dark 
olive green, to darker in old specimens. A vertebral and two 
lateral yellowish stripes. Three series of small indistinct spots 
on each side, about seventy from head to anus. Beneath, 
greenish white with black blotches. 
Fields and meadows. R. W. P. Coll., four specimens. 
33. (18). Eutaenia sirtalis ordinata, Linnaeus. 
Garter snake. 
Tropidonoius ordinatus, Holbrook. 
Eutaenta ordinata, Baird and Girard. 
Coluber ordinatus, Linnaeus, Gmelin, Harlan. 
Tropidonotus ordinatus, Holbrook, Boulenger. 
Vipera gracilis maculatus, Catesby. 
Vipera viridis maculatus, Catesby. 
Eutaenia sirtalis melanota, Smith. 
Eutaenia sirtalis ordinata, Cope. 
General appearance same as Eutaenia s. sirtalis. Color 
greenish brown or olive; no stripes, or vertebral and lateral 
stripes inconspicuous. Three series of small, square, dark 
blotches on each side, about eighty-five from head to anus. Be- 
neath greenish white with black spots. 
R. W. P. Coll., four specimens. 
34. (19). Hutaenia sirtalis graminea, Cope. 
Garter snake. 
General appearance same as preceding, but no stripes or 
; , lor being a uniform light green; a spot near end 
of each gastrostege. 
Recorded in Mass. 
