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NEW TTORK STATE MU8EUM 



1G Storeria dekayi (Hull nock) 



J)i Kay's brown snah 

 De Kay. Tropldonotua «l •• ku y i 

 Jordan. Bt oreri a dekay i 

 Bead distinct from body. Scales keeled, in 17 rows. 

 preocular. 



On© 



Fig. 17 Storeria dekayi 



Color above, grayish brown to chestnut brown; with a rather 

 faint dorsal band of lighter brown, margined by dark brown or 

 black dots; below, grayish white. Length 12 inches. 



Distinguished from Oarphophiope am o en us and 

 Storeria occipitomaculata by its gray (instead of reddish ) 

 coloration below ; and farther from C. amoenus by the distinct; 

 of its head. 



" Quite common in rocky portions of Central park." Ditmars* 

 . p. 21 



" Abundant in southeastern New York." Eokel. 1901, p,153 



"Occurring, but not common, in Rockland county." Wallace 



1901 



IT Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer) 



Brown mah 



.Ionian. Storeria occipitomaculata 



Head distinct from body. Scales keeled, in 15 rows. Two ant( 

 oculars. 



Fig. 18 Stororia occipitomaculata 



