192 University of California Publications in Zoology (Vou. 17 
U.S. Nat. Mus., 1898 [1900], p. 808) ; northeast to 5 miles northeast 
of Coulterville, 3200 feet altitude, in Mariposa County (Mus. Vert. 
Zool.) ; east to Fay Creek near Weldon (Mus. Vert. Zool.) and Fort 
Tejon (Yarrow and Henshaw, Ann. Rep. U. 8. Engineers, 1878, p. 
1637), in Kern County; to Sierra Madre, 2000 feet altitude, Los 
Angeles County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; to Cabezon, Strawberry Valley, 
6000 feet altitude, and Kenworthy, 4500 feet altitude, in Riverside 
County (Atsatt, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 12, 1913, p. 48); and to 
Dulzura, San Diego County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). Oceupies chiefly the 
Upper Sonoran life-zone, but extends locally into Lower Sonoran and 
Transition. Inhabits, as a rule, chaparral. (See fig. 13.) 
Coluber taeniatus (Hallowell) 
Nevada Striped Racer 
OrictnAL Description.—Leptophis taeniata Hallowell, Proe. Acad. 
Nat. Sei. Phila., 6, 1852, p. 181. 
Type Locauiry.—New Mexico. 
Synonyms.—Zamenis taeniatus; Masticophis taeniatus; Basca- 
nion taeniatum; Drymobius taeniatus. 
Common NameEs.—Many-striped Whip Snake ; Striped Racer, part ; 
Pacific Coach-whip Snake; Striped Whip Snake. 
RANGE.—Chiefly east of the Sierran divides and north of the 
Mohave desert. Recorded west at the north to Baird and Canoe Creek, 
in Shasta County (Stejneger, N. Amer. Fauna, 7, 1893, p. 210), and 
southeast through the Inyo region to Maturango Spring, Argus Range, 
Inyo County (Stejneger, loc. cit.). Southernmost station, Walker 
Basin, Kern County (Yarrow and Henshaw, Ann. Rep. U. S. Engi- 
neers, 1878, p. 1637). Oceurs chiefly within the Upper Sonoran life- 
zone. Inhabits sagebrush. (See fig. 13.) 
Arizona elegans Kennicott 
Faded Snake 
ORIGINAL DeEscripTion.—Arizona elegans Kennicott, in Baird, U. 
S. Mex. Bound. Survey, 2, 1859, pt. 2, Reptiles, pp. 18-19, pl. 13. 
Type Locauiry.—Rio Grande. 
Synonyms.—Rhinechis elegans; Coluber arizonae. 
Common Name.—Smooth-sealed Coluber. 
Rance.—The extreme southern portion of the state. All definite 
