98 CORONELLA GETULA. 



with great caution, tor they are led to suppose the animals inhabit the neigh- 

 bourhood of the ports from whence they are shipped; thus we have it said that 

 the "Anolius," the "Green Turtle," the "Iguana," 6zc., are natives of the more 

 northern states; some of which are not even found on the continent of North 

 America. 



General Remarks. The history of this serpent is plain enough; it was first 

 described by Catesby under the name Chain Snake, and accompanied with a 

 drawing, not very good to be sure, but sufficiently accurate to make it certain 

 that it refers to the animal now under consideration. It next appears in the 

 twelfth edition of the Systema Naturae as the Coluber getulus, with a single 

 reference to Catesby, and this specific name it has ever since borne, although 

 different naturalists have arranged it in very different genera. 



