Reptilia and Batracliia of Wisconsin. 16i» 



(b) Occipital plates with a yellow spot ; upper labials eight ; dorsal band on one 

 and two half rows of scales; lateral stripe on third and fourth rows; G. 

 165-180; U. less than 110 Proxima. 



(b) Orbital plates yellowish; upper labials seven on each side; dorsal line on 

 about one row of scales terminating at posterior margin of the occipital 

 plate: G. 175-180; U. 115 or more Saurita. 



E. sirtalis, L. Striped or Garter Snake. 



Ground color, blackish; dorsal band yellow; lateral band yellowish; abdo- 

 men greenish; occipital plate sometimes with two yellow spots; upper la- 

 bials 7 or 8; offensive when handled; L. 2-2^: feet; tail about 6 inches; abun- 

 dant. , 



Variety dorsalis, B. & G. 



Dorsal stripes broad and marginal on each side with black in one 

 row of scales; lateral stripe with a row of dark spots above; com- 

 mon. 



Variety parietalis, B. & G. 



Dorsal stripe medium; brick red spots in lateral bands; not rare. 



Variety with dorsal stripe absent, yet with all the characters of 



the typical form j^resent. "Walworth county; rare. 

 Dr. AV. H. Smith suggests for this variety the name melanota. 



E. radix, B. & G. Hoy's Garter Snake. 



General color above black, with thi'ee very narrow yellow lines; head 

 short; L. 2-2^ feet; G. 150-165; U. 53-85. Not rare. 



E. saurita, L. Swift Garter or Ribbon Snake. 



Slender; tail very long and slender, pointed; color dark brown; stripes 

 extending the whole length, but indistinct in the tail and sometimes becom- 

 ing obsolete near the end; dorsal and upper edge of lateral lines with black- 

 ish or brownish margins; under parts greenish; L. 2A-3 feet; taU 9 inches; 

 southern part of the state in damp woods; not rare. 



Variety faireyi, B. & G. Fairie's Garter Snake. 



Occipital plates with two yellow spots; lateral line margined, on 

 both sides by black; same range as the last; not common. 



E. proxima, Say. Say's Garter Snake. 



Ground color black; beneath whitish to olivacous, dorsal band yellow or 

 darker; latei*al greenish or whitish; beneath lateral strip lighter than above; 

 L. under 3 feet; tail under 9 inches; southern half of the state; not rare. 



PiTYOPHis, Holbrook. 



P. sayii, Schl. Western Pine Snake. 



" Whitish or reddish with many dark blotches and spots; dorsal scales 

 usually 25 rows. G. 220-230; L. 40-70." Jordan. 



