REPTILIA. 9 



SAURIA. OPHIDIA. 



COLUBRIDAE. 



Cope, Kept. U. S. nat. mus., 1898, 1900, p. 885, %. 210. 

 Coluber triangulum Boie, Isis, 1827, vol. 20, p. 537. " Ame- 



KIKA." 



Coluber eximius Dekay. Holbr., N. Amer. herpt., ed. 2, 1842, 

 vol. 3, p. 69, pi. 15. 



In and about outhouses, in dairies and cellars. 

 Me. to Conn. 



26 (10). Ophibolus getulus getulus (Linne.) Cope. 



Chain Snake. 



Cope, Rept. U. S. nat. mus., 1898, 1900, p. 914, %. 227. 



Coluber getulus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 382. 

 " Carolina." 



Coronella gettda Linne. Holbr., ]!*^. Amer. lierpt., ed. 2, 1842, 

 vol. 3, p. 95, pi. 21. 



Moist places. 

 Conn. — Milford. 



27 (11). Natrix fasciata sipedon (Linn6.) Cope. 



Water adder ; Water snake. 



Cope, Rept. U. S. nat. mus., 1898, 1900, p. 969, %. 251. 



Coluber sipedon Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 219. 

 " America septentrionali." 



Tropidonotus sipedon Linne. Holbr., N. Amer. herpt., ed. 2, 

 1842, vol. 4, p. 29, pi. 6. 



Upon branches of trees, in streams and ponds and along their 

 banks. 



Me. to Conn. 



Note. — The specimen from Westfield Falls, Conn., identified 

 as Natrix fasciata erythrogaster (Shaw) by Cope, Rept. U. S. 



