35. CONTIA 



scales are smooth, in 1 5 or 1 7 rows, each with one apical pit. 

 The anal plate is divided, and the urosteges are in two 

 series. The eye is small, with round pupil. 



175. Contia tenuis (Baird & Girard) 

 Sharp-tailed Snake 



Calamaria tenuis Baird & Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. VI, 



1852, p. 176 (type locality, Puget Sound). 



Contia mitts Baird & Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Ft. I, Serpents, 



1853, p. no (type locality, San Jose, California); Girard, U. S. 

 Explor. Exped., Herp., 1858, p. 125, pi. X, figs. 6-12; Baird, Rep. 

 Pac. R. R. Surv., Vol. X, 1859, pi. XXXVI, fig. 7; Cope, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., i860, p. 251; Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1861, p. 74; Cooper, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. IV, 1870, 

 p. 64; Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, p. 36; Garman, 

 Mem. Mus. Compr. Zoo!., Cambr., Vol. VIII, 1883, pp. 93, 164; 

 BocouRT, Miss. Sci. au Max., Rept., 1883, p. SS7> pl- XXXIV, 

 fig. 3; Yarrow, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 87; Town- 

 send, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 10, 1 887, p. 239; CoPE, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., Vol. XIV, 1892, p. 601; Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. 

 Mus., Vol. II, 1894, p. 267; Van Denburgh, Occas. Papers Cal. 

 Acad. Sci., V, 1897, P- 162; Mc Lain, Critical Notes, 1899, p. ii; 

 Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1901, p. 68; Cope, Report, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, p. 925; Ditmars, Reptile Book, 

 1907, p. 332, pl. CI, fig. 2; Grinnell & Camp, Univ. Cal. Publ. Zool., 

 Vol. 17, No. 10, 1917, p. 183. 



Lodia tenuis Baird & Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. I, Serp., 1853, 



p. 116 (type locality, Puget Sound, Or.); Girard, U. S. Explor. 



Exped., Herp., 1858, p. 122, pl. IX, figs. 8-11; Baird, Rep. Pac. 



R. R. Surv., Vol. X, 1859, pl. XXXVI, fig. 8; Cope, Bull. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., No. i, 1875, p. 36; Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 



XIV, 1892, p. 602. 

 Homalosoma mite Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys., Vol. II, 1862, pp. t,t„ 



35; Jan, Elenco syst. degli Ofidi, 1863, p. 36; Jan, Iconogr. g6n6r. 



des Ophid., 130 livr., 1865, pl. IV, fig. i. 

 Ablabes purpureocauda Gunther, Cat. Colub. Snakes, Brit. Mus., 1858, 

 I ' p. 245 (type locality, California). 

 Contia tenuis Stejneger & Barbour, Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., 



1917, p. 91. 



