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3. C. vulpinus, (B. & Gr.) Cope. Fox Snake. Light 

 brown, with quadrate, chocolate-colored blotches; verti- 

 cal plate broader than long; scales 35; G. 200 to 210; 

 L, 60. Mass. to Kansas and Northward. 



4. C. emoryi, (B. & G.) Cope. Emoey's Racee. Ashy 

 gray with transverse brown blotches; vertical plate 

 elongated; 6 or 8 median rows of scales only carinated; 

 scales 29; G. 210 to 220; L. 40 to 50. Ills, to Kansas 

 and Texas. 



9. CYCLOPHIS, Giinther. Summer Skakes. 

 JLeptophis, B. & G. 

 1. C. CBStivus, (L.) Giinther. Summer Green Snake. 

 Head conical, neck very small; bright clear green, yel- 

 lowish below; scales 17; G. 150 to 160; L. 30. Southern, 

 N. to N. J. and Ills., abundant in the mountains; a most 

 exquisite little creature. 



10. LIOPELTIS, Fitzinger. Green Snakes. 

 1. L vernalis, (DeKay) Jan. Green Snake. Grass 

 Snake. Spring Snake. -Head elongate, neck slender; 

 eyes very large; uniform deep green (bluish in spirits), 

 yellowish below; scales 15; G. 130 to 140; L. 20. E. 

 U. S., chiefly northerly; a beautiful species. 



//. DIADOPHIS, Baird and Girard. Ring -Necked 



Snakes. 



< Ablabes, D. & B. 



1. D. punctatus, (L.) B. & G. Ring - Necked Snake. 



Head depressed; eye rather large; blue-black above, 



bright pale orange below (yellowish in spirits); each 



plate usually with a black spot; yellowish occipital ring 



conspicuous; scales 15; G. 140 to 160; L. 15. Whole 



U.S. 



