32 COPEIA 



RHINOCHILUS LECONTEI IN LOS 



ANGELES. 



In the Copeia of February 20, 1915, (No. 15) 

 appeared a list of fourteen snakes found in the vicin- 

 ity of the city of Los Angeles. To those must now 

 be added one more recently discovered at Belvidere, 

 California, by Mr. Viggo Tarp. This is Rhinochilus 

 lecontei (Baird & Girard) and was found on May 13, 

 191.5, about two miles from the beach on a bare hill 

 near some gopher holes. This specimen is now thriv- 

 ing in captivity on a diet of lizards. It is 38 V2 inches 

 long. 



The only other traces I have found of LeConte's 

 Snake have been in La Canada Valley, where an old 

 bee-man named Charlie Metcalf had skins of two 

 other specimens found in the valley where he lives. 

 Near Los Angeles, LeConte's Snake is considered 

 rare. 



Paul D. R. Ruthling, 

 Los Angeles, California. 



Edited by J. T. Nichols, American Museum of Natural History 

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