656 13. COLUBRIDX 



Surv. W. looth Meridian, Vol. V, 1875, p. 611; COUES & YARROW, 



Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terrs., Vol. IV, 1878, p. 270; YARROW, Bull. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 141; TAYLOR, Ann. Rep. Nebr. 



State Board Agricult. for 1891, 1892, p. 349; CRAGIN, Trans. Kansas 



Acad. Sci., Vol. VII, reprint, 1906, p. 115. 

 Heterodon simus kennerlyi COUES & YARROW, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 



Terrs., Vol. IV, 1878, p. 271; YARROW, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



No. 24, 1883, p. 141. 

 Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi COPE, Report U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 



1900, p. 773. 

 Heterodon nasicus nasicus COPE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XIV, 1892, 



p. 645; COPE, Report U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, p. 774, fig. 



168. 



Description. Head short, little distinct from neck, 

 rather broad, with elongate, recurved rostral. Eye moder- 

 ately small. Tail short. Rostral large, produced forward 

 and upward, bounded behind by first labial, anterior nasal, 

 and a number of small plates representing the internasals. 

 Plates on top of head are from nine to twenty-five small 

 scutes representing the internasals and prefrontals, a frontal, 

 a pair of supraoculars, and a pair of parietals. Anterior and 

 posterior nasals distinct. Usually two or three small loreals. 

 Preoculars and postoculars numerous, joined by a series of 

 suboculars which separate eye from labials; about 10 or 11 

 scales around eye. Temporals small, numerous, about four 

 in first row. Supralabials usually eight, very high, sixth and 

 seventh largest. Inf ralabials about 10 or 11, rarely 1 2, 

 third usually largest, first pair meeting on median line. Gen- 

 ials in one pair, or posterior very small. Scales on body in 

 23 rows, keeled except in outer rows. Anal plate divided. 

 Gastrosteges varying in number from 128 to 150. Uroste- 

 ges in two series of from 32 to 47. 



The color above is grayish brown, yellowish gray, or 

 yellow, dorsally. Along the back is a series of dark 

 blotches. These are rather small, often shorter than broad, 

 subquadrate or rounded, more or less indistinctly margined 



