REPTILES, 



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Sp. Ch. — Dorsal rows IT. Tail one-fourth the length of body. In alcohol light dull yellow, tinged 

 with brown above. Beneath, two longitudinal series of blotches distinct anteriorly; when the epidermis 

 is removed the whole animal appears of a soiled white. In life there is a tinge of rose color, and in 

 some specimens the whole body is said to be nearly of a brick red. 



Texas generally. 



1990. Indianola. A. Schott.— 2002. Presidio del Norte. J. H. Clark.— 2118. Brownsville, 

 Texas. J. H. Clark. 



94. SALVADORA GRAHAMIAE, B . & G . 



Plate V, Fig. 2. 



Salvadora qrahamice, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. Jan. 1853, 104. 



2081. Sonora. J. H. Clark.— 2080. Presidio del Norte. J. H. Clark.— 2082. Sonora 

 A. Schott.— 2083. Northern Sonora. Dr. C. B. Kennedy. 



95. LEPTOPHIS MAJALIS, B. & G. 



Leptoph 



1435. Castroville, Texas. Dr. C. B. Kennerly. — Indianola, Texas. J. H. Clark. — 143. 

 Eagle Pass, Texas. A. Schott. 



96. SONORA SEMIANNULATA, B. & G 



Plate XIX, Fig. 3. 



Sonora semiannulata, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. Jan. 1853, 111 



3109. Sonora. J. H. Clark. 



97. RHINOCHILUS LECONTII, B. & G 



Plate XX. 



Bhinochilus Jeconlii, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. Jan, 1853, 120 



2014. Pecos, Texas. A. Schott. 



98. LAMPROSOMA OCCIPITALE, Hallowi 11. 



Plate XXI, Fio. 1. 



JRhinostoma occipitale, Hallowell, Pr. A. N. Sc. VII, June, 1854, 95. 

 Lamprosorna occipitale, Hallow. Pr. A. N. Sc. VIII, Dec. 1856, 310. 



Sp. Ch. — Body moderately stout, tapering slightly toward the neck and considerably toward the tail, 

 which is about one-sixth of the total length, slender, and narrowing suddenly at its base. Vertical pro- 

 portionally large, tapering posteriorly. Superciliaries scarcely two-thirds as long as the vertical. 

 Occipitals nearly as broad as long. Anterior edge of pre-orbitals concave, to receive the convex upper 

 edge of the nasal. Loral elongated; exceedingly narrow. . Orbitals small; pre-orbital quadrangular, but 

 little higher than wide; upper post-orbital much the largest. Upper labials eight; seventh largest. Lower 

 labials seven; fourth largest. Dorsal scales rather short and broad, disposed in fifteen rows; those of the 

 lateral rows about as high as ]<>ng] the central rows not very much smaller; the first lateral row no 

 larger than the second and third. In the al< liolie specimen the ground color above is light greenish 



