SERPENTS OF NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES 



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9 Pityophis melanoleucus (Daudin) 



Pine snake 



De Kay. Pituopliis melanoleucus 



Jordan. Pituopliis melanoleucus 



Head short, elevated ; rostral plate compressed and narrowed 



above. Scales in 27 to 31 rows, all save the outer four rows on each 



side being keeled. 



Fig. 10 Pityophis melanoleucus 



Head spotted with black ; color above whitish, with a series of 

 chestnut brown blotches, margined with black ; abdomen yellowish. 

 Length 60 inches. 



'■ I have seen but one of these snakes in Rockland county (on 

 Talhnan's mountain, near Nyack, at an elevation of about 500 feet 

 A.T.), but it is said to be quite common in the county." Wallace. 

 1901 



Mr Wallace's record is of great interest inasmuch as it verities, 



