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Vian. ZONATUS >) 5) 2, sven o: =)! aie) 0] a) Keol-ell oma =) noite life mee me 
Coluber (zacholus) zonatus Blainy., 1835, Nouy. Ann. Mus., IV, 293; B. 
& G., 1853, Serp., 153. Bellophis zonatus Lockington, 1876, Pr. Cal. 
Acad. California. 
Veg mmm a GO ons o OOO aA nooo dda oto dO 
Lampropeltis annulata Kenn., 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac., 329; Cope, 1860, Pr. 
Phil. Ac., 257. Ophibolus doliatus subsp. annulatus Cope, 1875, Check- 
list, 36; Yarrow, 1875, Wheeler’s Rep., V, 537. ? Lampropeltis poly- 
zona Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac., 258. ? Z. amaurus Cope, 1. ¢., 258. 
Bright red, 18 to 22 pairs of black rings from head to vent, each 
pair inclosing a spotless yellow ring, which encircles the body, widen- 
ing but little on the flanks. Belly between the yellow rings black. 
Top of head black, this color extending back upon the occipitals in 
an acute angle. A broad occipital yellow ring. (IKenn.) 
Mexico. 
Var. RHOMBOMACULATUS. - ... . 
Coronella rhombomaculata Holbr., 1842, Herp., III, 103, pl. 23; Jan, 1863, 
Sist., 47, — 1866, Icon., livr. 17, pl. I, f£. 1—2. Ophibolus rhombomac- 
ulatus B. & G., 1853, Serp., 86; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pl. 30, f. 
60; Cope, 1875, Checklist, 37. Lampropeltis rhombomaculatus Cope, 
1860, Pr. Phil. Ac., 255. 
Top of head and back chestnut brown, with a vertebral series of 
rhomboid reddish-brown spots. Lower surface salmon-colored, more 
or less bright. Ventrals 211; subcaudals 45. (Holbr.) 
Southeastern United States. 
OpHisoLus GetuLus (Chain Snake)... ...+-.--.-.+...-. G00 
Baird & Girard, 1853, Serp., 255; Bd., 1854, Serp. N. Y., 20, — 1859, 
P. R. R. Rep., X, pl. 31, f. 65. Coluber getulus Linn., 1766, Syst., I, 
382; Gmel., 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 1106; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac., 
358, — 1835, Med. Res., 122; Peale, 1829, Macl. Lyc., I, pl. V; Gthr., 
1858, Cat., 249. Coronella getula Holbr., 1842, Herp., III, 95, pl. 21; 
D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 616; Jan, 1863, Sist., 47, — 1865, Icon., livr. 
14, pl. 5, f. 1. Lampropeltis getula Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac., 255. 
Ophibolus getulus subsp. getulus Cope, 1875, Checklist, 37, — 1880, 
Bull. 20, U. S. Mus., 23. Pseudoelaps getulus Fitz., 1826, Neue Class. 
Rept., 26. 
Chain Snake Catesby, 1748, Carol., II, 52. Chain Snake; King Snake; 
‘hunder Snake. Southern States to Texas. 
TI ler Snak Southern States to Texas 
Var, sAyr (King Snake) ere seutevetouewer aims Sys abuse Ban 
Coronella sayi Wolbr., 1842, Herp., 99, pl. 22; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 
619; Gthr., 1858, Cat., 41. Coluber sayi DeK., 1842, Rept., 41. Her- 
petodryas getulus Schleg., 1837, Essai, I, 153, II, 198. Lampropeltis get- 
ulus Fitz., 1843, Syst., 25. Lampropeltis sayi Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac., 
254. Ophibolus sayi B. & G., 1853, Serp., pp. 84, 159, — 1854, Marey’s 
Exp., pl. 7; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pl. 30, f. 59. O. getulus var. 
sayi Cope, 1875, Checklist, 37. 0. getulus sayi Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, U. 
S. Mus., 28. Coronella getulus yar. sayi Jan, 1863, Sist., 47, — 1865, 
Icon., livr. 14, pl. 5, f. 2. Mississippi Valley to Illinois and Texas, 
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