138 SYSTEMATIC LIST AND SYNONYMY. 
OPHIDI A—Continued. 
TROPIDONOTUS stRTALIS (Garter Snake)... 2... ses. ess = 
Coluber sirtalis Linn., 1758, Syst., I, 222, — 1766, Syst., I, 388; Gmel., 
1788, Syst. Linn., I, 1107; Shaw, 1802, Zool., III, 535; Merr., 1820, 
Syst., 132; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac., 352; Storer, 1839, Mass. 
Rept., 221. Hutaenia sirtalis B. & G., 1853, Serp., 80; Bd., 1859, 
P. R. R. Rep., X, pl. 26, f. 23; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler’s Rep., V, 550; 
Cope, 1877, Pr. Am. Phil. Soe., 64. Tropidonotus sirtalis Holbr., 1842; 
Herp., IV, 41, pl. 11; Jan, 1863, Sist., 69, — 1865, Arch. Zodl., 
210. TT. ordinatus var. B., Gthr., 1858, Cat., 74. TT. bipunctatus 
Schleg., 1837, Essai, I, 168, II, 320; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 582. 
T. kennicotti Jan, 1863, Sist., 70, — 1865, Arch. Zo6l., 216. T. sirtalis 
var. dorsalis Jan, 1863, Sist., 69. Hutaenia dorsalis B. & G., 1853, 
Serp., 31’; Bd., 1859; 4B: Ra IR. Rep. ss) pl 26; 2 Warr, Si. 
Wheeler’s Rep., V, 550. £. sirtalis subsp. dorsalis Yarr., 1875, 
Wheeler’s Rep., V, 554. £. sirtalis var. obscura Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, 
U.S. Mus., 23. Tropidonotus sirtalis var. dorsalis Jan, 1867, Icon., 
livr. 25, pl. 4, f. 1. . cyrtopsis subsp. ocellata Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, 
U.S. Mus., 22. New England to the Mississippi Valley. 
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Coluber ordinatus Linn., 1766, Syst., I, 379; Gmel., 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 
1097; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac., V, 349. Tropidonotus ordinatus, 
Holbr., 1842, Herp., IV, 45, pl. 12; Gthr., 1858, Cat., 73. Hutaenia 
ordinata B. & G., 1853, Serp., 32; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pl. 26, 
f. 24; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler’s Rep., V, 551. Spotted Ribbon Snake 
Catesby, 1748, Carol, I, pl. 51 and 53. 
Coast Region, Nova Scotia to Georgia; Alabama, 
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: Tropidonotus sirtalis var. radix Jan, 1863, Sist., 69, — 1865, Arch. Zodl., 
211. Hutaenia radix B. & G., 1853, Serp., 34; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. 
Rep., X, pl. 26, f. 25, pl. 34, f. 5; Cooper, 1860, P. R. R. Rep., XT, 
(2), 299; Yarrow, 1875, Wheeler’s Rep., V, 548; Coues & Yarrow, - 
1878, Hayden’s Rep., IV, 277. E. radix twiningit Coues & Yarrow, 
1878, Hayd. Rep., IV, 279. Thamnophis haydeni Cope, 1862, Hayd., 
Trans. Am. Assoe., XII, 177. Eutaenia haydeni Kenn., 1860, Coop. 
P. R. R. Rep., XII (2), 298, pl. 14; Jan, 1865, Arch. Zo6l., 212. 
Scales in 19 rows, outer broad. Black, with three narrow yellow 
lines, or dark brown, with the lines and with series of irregular 
spots on the flanks. Lateral yellow lines on the third rows. Ven- 
trals 153. Subcaudals 51 pairs. 
Northern part of Mississippi basin, Michigan to Rocky Mountains, 
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Butaenia marciana B. & G., 1858, Serp., pp. 36, 156, — 1854, Marcy’s 
Exp., 192, pl. 3; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pl. 26, f. 26; Yarrow, 
1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 549, 555; Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, U.S. Mus., 
22; Sumichrast, 1881, Bull. Soc. Zodl. Fr., 182. Tropidonotus marci- 
ana Jan, 1863, Sist., 70, — 1865, Arch. Zoél., 215. (?) T. sirtalis Pe- 
ters, 1869, Mb. Brl. Akad., 877. Kansas to Texas and Mexico, 
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