34. LAMPROPELTIS 



Springs at 4,060 feet, Beveridge Canyon), Tulare (East Fork 

 Kaweah River, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, Three 

 Rivers), Fresno (Wheatville, Stanley, Fresno), Mariposa 

 (Pleasant Valley, Dudley), Merced (Gadwall), San Joa- 

 quin (Forest Lake), Calaveras (Mokelumne Hill), El Dor- 

 ado (altitude 2,000 feet), Placer (Applegate), Santa Bar- 

 bara (Santa Barbara), San Luis Obispo (Morro), Monterey 

 (Jolon), Santa Clara (Coyote, Los Gatos, Mount Hamilton, 

 San Jose, Palo Alto), Alameda (Haywards, Alameda, Oak- 

 land, Piedmont), San Francisco, Marin (San Anselmo, San 

 Geronimo, Mount Tamalpais, Camp Taylor), Solano (Beni- 

 cia, three miles west from Vacaville), Napa (St. Helena, 

 Calistoga, Mount Veder), Yolo (Rumsey), Tehama (Te- 

 hama), Sonoma (Healdsburg, eight miles west from Caza- 

 dero, Guerneville, Warm Creek Springs near Skaggs Springs, 

 El Verano), Mendocino (four miles west from Mount 

 Sanhedrin, Irishes) , Trinity (Weaverville), and Shasta 

 (Fort Reading, Redding, Baird, McCloud River, Delta, 

 Ingot), counties. 



In Arizona, it has been secured at Cave Creek, Mari- 

 copa County; Fort Verde, Fort Whipple, and Date Creek, 

 Yavapai County; and at 3,500 feet near Hackberry, and near 

 Cottonia, Mohave County. 



In Utah, it has been taken at Saint George and Bellevue, 

 Washington County. 



Nevada specimens have been collected at St. Thomas and 

 Overton, Muddy Valley, Clark County, and the Current 

 school district in Nye County. 



In Lower California, it has been recorded from Cape 

 Colnett, San Quentin, San Salada Canyon, and the foothills 

 of the San Pedro Martir Mountains, and near Ensenada. 



Habits. — The black and white king snake is most abund- 

 ant where the country is covered with chaparral and where 



