1T6 REPTILES. 



4. T. leberis, (L.) Holbr. Leather Snake. Chestnut 

 brown; a yellow lateral band and three narrow black 

 dorsal stripes; scales all oarinated; scales 19; .G. 140 to 

 150; L. 24. U. S., chiefly eastward. 



5. T. grahami, (B. & G.) Cope. Geaham's Snake. 

 Brown; a broad yellowish lateral band; scales all strongly 

 carinated; head slender; abdomen unspotted; scales 

 19 (to 21?); G. 160; L. 20. Mississippi Valley, N. to 

 Michigan. 



3. TROPIDOCLONIUM, Cope. Little Red Snakes. 



1. T. kirtlandi, (Kenn.) Cope. Kietland's Snake. 

 Head shiny black; vertical plate broad; scales 19, all 

 carinated; G. 115 to 140; L. 8. Ohio to 111.; a hand- 

 some little snake. 



4. SrO^f^M, Baird and Girard. Red - Bellied Snakes. 

 = Ischnognathus^ Dum. & Bibron. 



1. S. occipitomaculata, (Storer) B. & G. Red-Bellied 

 Snake. Grayish or chestnut brown, usually showing a 

 paler vertebral band bordered by blackish dots; obscure 

 dots on side; occiput with three pale blotches (very 

 constant); belly salmon red; scales 16; G. 120 to 125; 

 L. 13. U. S., chiefly eastward; abundant. 



2. S. dekayi, (Holbr.) B. & G. DeKat's Beown 

 Snake. Grayish brown; a clay -colored dorsal band, 

 bordered Ijy dotted lines; grayish below; body thickish, 

 tapering towards the small head; scales 17; G. 125 to 

 130; L. 12. E. U. S. 



5. EUT/ENIA, Baird and Girard. Gaetee Snakes. 



* Body very slender, elongated; tail nearly one- third of total 

 length; scales in 19 rows. 



1. £, saurita, (L.) B. & G. Riband Snake. Swift 



