23G VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



? RING-NECKED SNAKE. DiadopMs punctatus amabilis, (Linne) Cope. 



XANTUS' SNAKE. Hypsiflena ochrorhyncha, Cojie. 



GREEN SNAKE. Cyclophis sestivus, (Linnej Giinther. 



CHICKEN SNAKE. Coluber quadrivittatus, (Holbrook) B. andG. 



MOUNTAIN BLACK SNAKE. Coluber obsoletus obsoletus, (Say) Cope. 



RED-HEADED COLUBER. Coluber obsoletus confinis, (B. and G.) Cope. 



CORN SNAKE. Coluber guttatus, (Linn^) B. and G. 

 ? COUPER'S SNAKE. Spilotes couperi, Ho' brook. 

 ? GEORGIA SNAKE ; INDIGO SNAKE. Spilotes erebennus, Cope. 

 ?PINE SNAKE; BULL SNAKE. Pityophis melanoleucus, (Daudinj Holbrook. 



BLACK SNAKE. Bascanium constrictor. (Linne) B. and G. 



COACH- WHIP SNAKE. Bascanium flagellum, (Shaw) True. 



RIBAND SNAKE; SWIFT GARTER SNAKE. Eutsenia saurita, (Linne) B. 

 and G. 

 ? LONG'S GARTER SNAKE. Eutaenia proxima, Say. 



STRIPED SNAKE ; GARTER SNAKE. Eutaenia sirtalis sirtalis, (LinneJ Cope 

 ? CHURCHILL'S GARTER SNAKE. Eutaenia sirtalis dorsalis, (Linne) Cope. 



GRASS SNAKE. Eutaenia sirtalis ordinata, (Linne) Cope. 



STORER'S SNAKE. Storeria occipitomaculata, Storer. 

 -? DE KAY'S SNAKE. Storeria dekayi, Holbrook. 



BROWN QUEEN SNAKE. Tropidonotus leberis, Linne. 



GREEN QUEEN SNAKE. Tropidonotus rigidus, Say. 



BELTED WATER SNAKE. Tropidonotus fasciatus, (Linne) Holbrook. 



WATER SNAKE ; WATER MOCCASIN. Tropidonotus sipedon sipedon, (Linne) 

 Cope. 



COPPER BELLY. Tropidonotus sipedon erythrogaster. (Linne) Cope. 



DARK-SPOTTED WATER SNAKE. Tropidonotus taxispilotus. Holbrook. 



BLOWING VIPER ; HOG-NOSED SNAKE. Heterodon platyrbinus, Latreille. 



BLACK HOG-NOSED SNAKE. Heterodon platyrMnus atmodes, (Latreille) Cope. 



BLACK VIPER. Heterodon platsnrhinus niger, (Latreille) Yarrow. 



HOG-NOSED SNAKE. Heterodon simus simus, (Linn^) Cope. 



ORDER LACERTILIA. LIZARDS. 



A very compact order of reptiles, presenting close affinities with the 

 serpents. From these they are distinguished, however, by the presence 

 of external ears, the o.sseous union of the two halves of the lower jaw, and 

 the occurrence, in the majority of cases, of visible limbs.* 



* The " glass snake," Ophiosaurm ventralis. although devoid of external limbs, presents 

 the remaining and fundamental characteristics of the lizards, and is not to be regarded 

 as a serpent. 



