776 13. COLUBRIDM 



The lateral scales which fall within the dark blotches 

 often have light centers, while those in the light intervals 

 are similarly spotted with black or brown. Small black or 

 brown blotches are sometimes present on the sides midway 

 between the larger ones. The lower surfaces are yellow 

 or white, unicolor or marbled with black or brown. 



Length to anus 275 310 490 496 520 800 



Length of tail 43 51 70 73 83 140 



Distribution. This curiously colored snake ranges from 

 California across Arizona, New Mexico, and Northern 

 Mexico to Kansas and Texas. 



In Arizona, it has been taken near Topock, Mohave 

 County; Fort Whipple, Camp Verde, Yavapai County; 

 Camp Grant, Graham County; Tucson, Pima County; 

 Nogales and Fort Buchanan, Santa Cruz County; Fort 

 Huachuca, Cochise County; Yuma, Yuma County; and in 

 the Final Mountains. 



In California, it has been found in Mendocino (Mt. 

 Sanhedrin), San Benito (Bear Valley), Madera (five miles 

 south from Madera), Fresno (Fresno), Kings (Tulare 

 Lake), Tulare (White River), San Luis Obispo (Carrizo 

 Plain), Kern (Fort Tejon), Inyo (Independence), Los An- 

 geles (Pasadena, Claremont, Belvedere), San Bernardino 

 (San Bernardino), Riverside (Cabazon at 1,700 feet, Dos 

 Palmos Spring at 3,500 feet in the Santa Rosa Mountains), 

 Orange (Laguna Beach), and San Diego (San Diego), 

 counties. 



I have received a specimen from St. George, Washing- 

 ton County, Utah. 



I have also seen a typical specimen in the Hurter collec- 

 tion (now in the U. S. National Museum) which Mr. 

 Hurter assured me had been collected for him at South 

 Range, Glenns Ferry, Elmore County, Idaho. 



