CHECK LIST N. AMEE. AMPH. EEPT. 83 



Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta (Sat) 

 PILOT BLACKSNAKE 



Coluber obsoletus Sat 

 Long's Exp. Rocky Mts., Vol. 1, 1823, p. 140. 



Elaphis obsoletus Gakman 



Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 54. 



Coluber obsoletus obsoletus (part) Cope 

 Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 844, fig. 194. 

 TTPE localitt: Isle au Vache [sic] to Council Bluffs on the 



Missouri River. 

 range: Southern New England westward to Michigan, south- 

 ward to Texas, Louisiana and Florida. 



Elaphe obsoleta confinis (Baird and Giraed) 



Scotaphis confinis Baird and Gibaed 



Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 76. 

 Coluber confinis Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 829, fig. 187. 



TTPE localitt: Anderson, South Carolina. 

 range: South Atlantic and Gulf states and states of southern 

 Mississippi Valley. 



Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii (Baird and Girard) 



Scotophis lindheimerii Baied and Gieabd 

 Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 74. 

 Elaphis obsoletus var. lindheimerii Gasman 



Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 54. 

 Coluber obsoletus (part) Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 844. 

 TTPE localitt: New Braunfels, Texas. 

 RANGE : Texas. 



Elaphe quadrivittata (Holbrook) 

 CHICKEN-SNAKE 



Coluber quadrivittatus HoI/Brook 



N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. 1, 1836, p. 113, pi. 21. 

 Elaphis quadrimttatus Dum^ril and Bibron 



Erp. Gen., Vol. 7, 1854, p. 265. 

 Coluber quadrivittatus Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 838, fig. 192. 



TTPE localitt: " North Carolina to Florida and westward as 



far as the Mississippi." 

 BANGE : Carolina to Florida and west to the Mississippi River. 



