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L9 Eutaenia brachystoma (Cop 

 id not distinct from neck : superior labials six; inferior labials 

 3 keeled, in 19 rows. Two distinct nasal plates, Tail 

 fourth total Length. 



Color below, light olive, unspot- 

 ted ; above darker olive, with a 

 broa<l, brown band on each sid< 

 extending from the fourth to tl 

 middle of the ninth row of scal< . 

 Fj e- 'oma inclusive ; chin yellowish. 



The type specimen, and the only one so far obtained, is stated by 

 L900, p. 1057) to have come from Franklin. Venango co. Pa. 



20 Eutaenia sirtalis (Linn.) 



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 De Kay. Tropic! onotus taenia 

 Jordan. Thauinopli i a Birtal 



Bead distinct, oval; body moderately robust; form in general 

 much stouter than Eutaenia saurita; tail between one quarter 

 and one fifth of total lengths Superior labials eight : inferior 

 labials 10; scales keeled, in 19 rows. Color above varying from 

 light _ n through olivaceous to black, usually traversed by three 

 longitudinal stripes, of which the laterals are not well defined, and 

 all three may be very faint or entirely wanting. Below, usually 

 light bluish erreen, but varying to darker and even to black. 



This, tin- common "garter snake." is abundant throughout the 

 Btate, and ranges in altitude from tide level to the highest summits 

 of the Catskills and Adirondack.-. It is the most variable of 

 American serpents, no less than >i.\ "subsp having been 



orded from the area here considered. En the author's opinion, 

 however, I ix forms arc of very unequal systematic value, and 



calling all of them subspecies merely results in rendering that term 

 meaningless. At some future time the author hopes to be in a 

 position to discuss the New York forms, at least, in more detail; 

 but at present this is impossible, owing to lack of the large series of 

 fresh specimens which bucIi an investigation would require. This 

 being the case, the six "subspecies" noted have been listed and 

 described on the following page-, but the reader may expect to find 





