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TroprponoTus sAuRITA (Ribbon Snake)... +--+ -+++e-sesse' 
Schleg., 1837, Essai, I, 169, Il, 327; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 585; 
Mart., 1856, Mus. Berl., 25; Gthr., 1898, Cat., 72; Jan, 1863, Sist., 
69, — 1865, Arch. Zodl., 212, — 1868, Icon., livr. 26, pl. 2, f 1; 
Allen, 1868, Pr. B. N. H. Soc., 180. Coluber saurita Linn., 1766, Syst., 
T, 385; Gmel., 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 1109; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac., 
V, 352, — 1835, Med. Res., 115; Shaw, 1802, Zool., II, 532; Fitz., 
1826, Neue Class., 59; Daud., 1803, Rept., VII, 81; Bonnat., 1789, 
Ophiol., 58; Storer, 1839, Mass. Rept., 229; Thomps., 1842, Hist. 
Vermont, 115. Leptophis sauritus Holbr., 1842, Herp., TV, 21, pl. 4; 
DeK., 1842, N. Y. Fauna, Rept., 47, pl. 11, f. 24. Butaenia saurita B. 
& G., 1853, Serp., 24; Bd., 1854, Serp. N. Y., 14, — 1859, P. R. R. 
Rep., X, pl. 26, £19; Yarrow, 1879, Wheeler’s Rep., V, pp. 545, 546. 
Ribbon Snake Catesby, 1743, Carol., IT, 50. 
Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. 
Var. SACKENIIT - - + + = + oval Suite O=e 0 : 
Butaenia suckenti Kenn., 1859, Pr. Phil. Ac., 98; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler’s 
Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 1877, Pr. Am. Phil. Soc., 64. 
Slender. Back olive black, to edge of abdomen. Lateral stripe 
greenish yellow, on third and fourth rows. No dorsal stripe. Belly 
greenish. 
Florida. 
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Eutaenia faireyi B. & G., 1853, Serp., 25; Bd., P. R. R. Rep., X, pl. 26, 
f. 20; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 1880, Bull. 
20, U. S. Mus., 23. Tropidonotus saurita var. faireyi Jan, 1863, Sist., 
71; Cooper, 1860, P. R. R. Rep., XII (2), 299, pl. 13, 14. 
Stouter than 7. saurita. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 168 to 178. 
Subeaudals 112—115. Back to edge of abdomen blackish brown. 
With three longitudinal stripes, outer on third and fourth rows. 
Minnesota and Wisconsin Southward. 
Var. PROXIMUS - Seattle Rete cae Amey ee 
Coluber proximus Say, 1823, Long's Exp., T, 187. Tropidonotus sauritus 
var. provimus Jan, 1853, Sist., 70. Eutaenia provima B. & G., 1853, 
Serp., 25, — 1854, Marcy’s Exp., 191, pl. 2; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., 
X, pl. 26, f. 21; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 
1880, Bull. 20, U. 8S. Mus., 20; Sumichrast, 1881, Bull. Soe. Zodl. 
de France, 182; Coues & Yarrow, 1878, Hayd. Rep., IV, 280. 2. 
macrostemma Kenn., 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac., 331; Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. 
Ae., 807; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 548. EF. megalops Kenn., 
1860, Pr. Phil. Ac., 330; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler’s Rep., V, pp- 545, 547. 
E, flavilabris Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. Ac., 306; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler’s 
Rep., V, 547. 
Arkansas and Texas to Mexico. 
