1917] Grinnell-Camp: Amphibians and Reptiles of California 193 
stations of occurrence known to us are as follows: Fresno (U.S. Nat. 
Mus.) ; Alhambra, Los Angeles County (U.S. Nat. Mus.) ; near On- 
tario, San Bernardino County (Van Denburgh, Oce. Papers Calif. 
Acad. Sci., 5, 1897, p. 194) ; Riverside (Van Denburgh, Proe. Calif. 
Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 3, 1912, p. 150); San Jacinto, Riverside County 
(Van Denburgh, 1897, loc. cit.) ; Warner’s Ranch (Boulenger, Cat. 
Snakes Brit. Mus., 2, 1894, p. 66), between Carlsbad and Oceanside 
(Van Denburgh, 1897, loc. cit.), Vallecito (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and 
Pacifie Beach (Cope, Ann. Rep. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1898 [1900], p. 865), 
in San Diego County. Occurs chiefly within the Lower Sonoran life- 
zone. Inhabits open flat country. 
Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Blainville) 
Western Gopher Snake 
OriaginaAL Descriprion.—Coluber catenifer Blainville, Nouy. Ann. 
Mus. Hist. Nat., 4, 1835, pp. [58-59] 290-291, pl. 26, figs. 2, 2a, 2b. 
Typr Locauiry.—California. 
Synonyms.—Pituophis annectens Baird and Girard, Cat. N. A. 
Reptiles in Smiths. Inst., pt. 1, 18538, p. 72 (type from San Diego) ; 
Pityophis Heermanni Hallowell, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 6, 1853, 
p. 286 (type from mines in vicinity of Cosumnes River [in Eldorado 
or Amador County]); Petyophis vertebralis; Pityophis sayv bellona, 
part; Pityophis sayt; Pitwophis bellona, part ; Pituophis melanoleucus ; 
Pituophis melanoleucus var. catenifer. 
Common Names.—Pacifie Bull Snake; Bellona Bull Snake; West- 
ern Bull Snake, part; Pacific Pine Snake; Gopher Snake, part; Say’s 
Pine Snake; Yellow Gopher Snake. 
Rance.—The whole length of the state west of the desert divides, 
but chiefly east of the coast redwood belt. Also found on Santa Cruz 
and Santa Catalina islands (Van Denburgh, Proe. Calif. Acad. Sei., 
ser. 4, 4, 1914, pp. 133, 136, 188). Oceupies Lower and Upper Sonoran 
and Transition life-zones. Shows no particular restriction as regards 
habitat, though certainly not aquatie. 
Pituophis catenifer deserticola Stejneger 
Desert Gopher Snake 
OriatInaL Description.—Pituophis catenifer deserticola Stejneger, 
N. Amer. Fauna, 7, May 31, 1893, pp. 206-208. 
