13. COLUBRIDJE 



except usually toward the end of the tail. The eye is of 

 moderate size, with round pupil. Two species are known, 

 the second being Mexican. 



176. Rhinocheilus lecontei (Baird & Girard) 

 Long-nosed Snake 

 Plate 84 

 Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird & Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. i, Serp., 

 1853, p. 120 (type locality, San Diego, California); Baird, Rep. 

 Pac. R. R. Surv., Vol. X, 1859, Pt. Ill, pi. XXIII, figs. 90; Baird, 

 U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. II, 1859, p. 21, pi. XX; Jan, Arch. 

 Zool. Anat. Phys., Vol. II, 1863, p. 217; Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1866, p. 304; Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. i, 1875, 

 p. 36; Jan, Icongr. gener. des Ophid., 48e livr., 1876, pi. Ill, fig. I; 

 LocKiNGTON, Amer. Naturalist, 1880, p. 295; Garman, Mem. Mus. 

 Compr. Zool. Cambr., Vol. VIII, No. 3, 1883, p. 73; Yarrow, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 88; Bocourt, Miss. Sci. au Mex., 

 1886, p. 602, pi. XL, figs. 7-7d; Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 

 XIV, 1892, p. 606; GiJNTHER, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Rept., 1893, 

 p. 100; BouLENGER, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., Vol. II, 1894, p. 212; 

 Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1895, p. 142; 

 CocKERELL, American Naturalist, Vol. XXX, April, 1896, p. 326; 

 Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 6, 1896, p. 346; 

 Van Denburgh, Occas. Papers Cal. Acad. Sci., V, 1897, p. 174, 

 figs; Cope, Report U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, p. 931, fig. 236; 

 Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1901, p. 86; Stejnecer, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXV, 1902, p. 155; Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1903, p. 551; Branson, Kansas Univ. Sci. Bull., Vol. II, 

 No. 13, 1904, p. 404, fig. 26; Bailey, N. Amer. Fauna, No. 25, 1905, 

 pp. 28, 47; Ditmars, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 375; Strecker, Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. XXI, 1908, p. 75; Van Denburgh, 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 191 2, p. 154; Hurter, First 

 Ann. Rep. Laguna Marine Lab., 191 2, p. 67; Van Denburgh & 

 Slevin, Proc. Cal. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1913, p. 413; .Atsatt, Univ. 

 Cal. Publ. Zool., Vol. 12, No. 3, 1913, p. 42; Ruthling, Copeia, 

 No. 21; 1915, p. 32; Strecker, Baylor Bulletin, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, 

 1915, p. 40; Grinnell & Camp, Univ. Cal. Publ. Zool., Vol. 17, 

 No. 10, 1917, p. 188; Stejneger & Barbour, Check List N. Amer. 

 Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 91 ; Cowles, Journ. Entomol. & Zool. Pomona 

 College, Vol. XII, No. 3, 1920, p. 66; Stephens, Trans. San Diego 



