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at the posterior end of the body; under the tail, Brazil red; 

 neck ring^ about scarlet, bordered posteriorly by a few specks 

 of black ; dorsal color behind neck ring, olive ; head olivaceous 

 black above. Total length, 291 millimeters; tail length, 59 mil- 

 limeters. Sex, male. 



Diadophis amabilis vandenburgii, new sul)species 



Diagnosis : The distinctive features are : an uninterrupted, 

 moderately wide neck ring (i^^ to 2^2 scales in width); 17 

 rows of dorsal scales anteriorly (at least near the head), be- 

 coming 15 posteriorly; the ventral color extending over from 

 1^2 to 2 rows of dorsal scales; and the black s]:)ots on the 

 l)elly unusuallv few and small. 



Type Specimen : California Academy of Sciences, num1)er 

 13748; collected by Joseph Slevin; June 20, 1907. 



Type Locality: Carmel. ^^lonterey County, California. 



Range: Ventura Coimty to Santa Cruz County, California. 



Description of Type Specimen : Ventral plates, 201 ; anal 

 scute divided; caudal plates, 71 ; upper labials, 8; lower labials, 

 8; preoculars, 2; postoculars, 2; temporals, i-j-i-f-- (labials, 

 oculars, and temporals the same in number on each side) ; dor- 

 sal scales in 17 rows, changing a little past the middle of the 

 body to 15; neck ring about i^/^ scales wide, not interrupted; 

 ventral color covering about i 2/3 of the lowermost rows of 

 dorsal scales. The coloration in alcohol is about as follows : 

 Above, brownish olive; head a little darker; neck ring, cinna- 

 mon buff; beneath, pinkish-bufT, a little lighter anteriorly, and 

 a little more reddish posteriorly and under the tail ; lower la- 

 bials and chin spotted with l)lack ; on belly only a very few 

 scattered black spots except for a line of them along each side 



