96 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1917 



Natrix septemvittata (Sat) 

 MOON-SNAKE, QI^EEX- SNAKE 

 Coluber septemvittatus Sat 



Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 4, Pt. 2, 1825, p. 240. 

 Natrix septemmttata Cope 



Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 18, 1895, p. 216. 

 Natrix leberis ^ Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 993, fig. 265. 



TYPE locality: Pennsylvania. 



range: Central, Eastern and GuK States from Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio and Wisconsin southward. 



Natrix sipedon sipedon (LnraE) 

 WATER SNAKE 



Cohtber sipedon Lixxe 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 219. 

 Natrix sipedon KntscH 



Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., Vol. 14, 1895, p. 333. 

 Natrix fasciata sipedon Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 969, fig. 251. 

 TYPE locality: North America. 

 RANGE : Xorthern and northeastern United States. 



Natrix sipedon fasciata ^ (Linne) 

 Coluber fasciatus Linnb 



Sj'st. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 37S. 

 Natrix fasciata fasciata Cope 



xinn. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 966, fig. 250. 



TYPE locality: Carolina. 



RANGE : Virginia to Florida, westward to Louisiana and north- 

 ward up the Mississippi through all the central states to Ne- 

 braska and Indiana. 



Natrix sipedon pictiventris Cope 

 Natrix fasciata pictiventris Cope 



Amer. Nat., Vol. 29, 1895, p. 677. 

 Natrix fasciata pictiventris Cope 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 969. 



type locality: Palatka, Florida. 

 RANGE : Peninsula of Florida. 



1 Not Coluber leberin of Liim6. 



s Apparent forms which are more or less uniformly rufescent are fouod in the ranges of both the 

 subspecies/tucioia and ^pedon. To these the names of Nairix sipedon erythrogaster Forster (in Bossu, 

 Travels through North America, Vol. 1, 1771, p. S64, footnote) and Natrix sipedon fvlvivenUr Eafi- 

 nesque (Ann. Nat., 1820, No. 1, p. 6) have been given. 



