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but has so far been recorded from only a very few 

 localities in this vast region. In Southern Missouri 

 and Arkansas it is found throughout the Ozarkian 

 region, westward into the mountains of Oklahoma 

 and the elevated portion of the plains in the Panhan- 

 dle. 



Specimens from the valley of the Brazos River 

 in Northwestern Texas, collected by Dr. B. F. Shu- 

 mard, are in the National collection. 



OPHIDIA 

 GLAUCONIID^ 



72. Glauconia dulcis Baird and Girard. Worm Snake. 



North-Central, Central and Southern Texas. At 

 the present time we have no records for the eastern 

 timber belt, the Panhandle or the southern plains, 

 and only one for the trans-Pecos region (Brown's 

 Pecos specimen). On account of its diminutive size 

 and peculiar subterranean habits, this little snake is 

 almost unknown in localities where it is by no means 

 uncommon. 



COLUBRID^. 



73. Tropidonotus rhombifer Hallowell. Diamond Water 



Snake. 



This handsome water snake is found over the 

 greater portion of the area of the State. So far as we 

 now know, it does not inhabit the Panhandle or the 

 plains, but occurs in the trans-Pecos region as is 

 indicated by Brown's Pecos and my Brewster County 

 specimens. 



74. TROPIDONOTUS siPEDON FASCIATUS Linn. Southern 



Water Snake. 



Eastern Texas, west to Gainesville and Waco, south 

 to Victoria and Matagorda, Counties. In the several 



