CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 83 



Elaphe obsoleta obsolete (SAY) 

 PILOT BLACKSNAKE 



Coluber obsoletus SAY 



Long's Exp. Rocky Mts., Vol. 1, 1823, p. 140. 

 Elaphis obsoletus GARMAN 



Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 54. 

 Coluber obsoletus obsoletus (part) COPE 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 844, fig. 194. 



TYPE LOCALITY: Isle au Vache [sic] to Council Bluffs on the 

 Missouri River. 



RANGE: Southern New England westward to Michigan, south- 

 ward to Texas, Louisiana and Florida. 



Elaphe obsoleta confinis (BAIRD and GIRARD) 



Scotophis confinis BAIRD and GIRARD 



Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 76. 

 Coluber confinis COPE 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 829, fig. 187. 

 TYPE LOCALITY: Anderson, South Carolina. 

 RANGE: South Atlantic and Gulf states and states of southern 

 Mississippi Valley. 



Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii (BAIRD and GIRARD) 



Scotophis lindheimerii BAIRD and GIRARD 



Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 74. 

 Elaphis obsoletus var. lindheimerii GARMAN 



Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 54. 

 Coluber obsoletus (part) COPE 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 844. 



TYPE LOCALITY: New Braunfels, Texas. 

 RANGE : Texas. 



Elaphe quadrivittata (HOLBROOK) 

 CHICKEN-SNAKE 



Coluber quadrivittatus HOLBROOK 



N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. 1, 1836, p. 113, pi. 21. 

 Elaphis quadrivittatus DUMERIL and BIBRON 



Erp. Gen., Vol. 7, 1854, p. 265. 

 Coluber quadrivittatus COPE 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 838, fig. 192. 

 TYPE LOCALITY: " North Carolina to Florida and westward as 



far as the Mississippi." 

 RANGE : Carolina to Florida and west to the Mississippi River. 



