TERRARIA AND AQUA-TERRARIA 



four yellow stripes, and between and below these are the coal-black lines 

 for which the name anthracite has been applied. Length 6 to 8 inches. 



Other Lizards sometimes offered by Eastern dealers are Anolis ■prin- 

 cipalis (Linn.), the Green Lizard or Chamaeleon, and Leiolopisma laterale 

 (Say), the Ground Lizard, both southern forms, 5 inches long ; Phryno- 

 soma cornutus (Gir.), the Common Horned Toad of the southwest, 5 

 inches long; and Ophisaurus ventralis (Linn.), the so-called Glass Snake, 

 or Joint Snake which reaches a length of 25 inches, also a southern form. 



Ophidia. The Serpents have elongated bodies, obsolete limbs, im- 

 bricated scales, bones of both jaws movable, no eyelids, forked tongues, 

 and other anatomical characteristics, which separate them from other Ver- 

 tebrates, except the snakelike lizard Ophiosaurus, above mentioned. The 

 common species of the Eastern and Middle States are : 



Carphophiops amcenus (Say), or Ground Snake, has a small flat head, 

 broad snout, robust body for the size of the animal, rounded above, flat- 

 tened below, and covered with small, sub-hexagonal scales above and 

 larger plates below. The colors of the upper surface are light, glossy 

 chestnut-brown, lower surface salmon-red. Length 12 inches. Common 

 from Massachusetts to Illinois south, mostlv found under rocks and the 

 bark of old trees, feeding on insects. 



Storeria occipitomaculata (Stor.), or Red-bellied Snake, has a rather 

 large narrow head and pointed snout ; rather stout elongated body covered 

 above with carinated hexagonal scales and broad plates below. The colors 

 of the upper surface are greyish- or chestnut-brown with paler ventral 

 bands, bordered with black dots, also obscure dots on the sides and back 

 of the head, with three pale blotches. The lower surface is bright salmon- 

 red. Length 12 inches. Found from Massachusetts to Minnesota, 

 south to Georgia, and very abundant in the Middle States. 



Storeria dekayi (Hoi.), or De Kay's Snake, is another form very simi- 

 lar to the foregoing. The colors are greyish-brown with a clay colored 

 dorsal band, bordered with dotted lines, and a dark patch on each side of 

 the occiput. The lower surface is greyish-white. Found in the same 

 localities as the above, abundant in the Eastern section to the Rocky 

 Mountains and south. 



Thamnophis sauritus (Linn.), or Riband snake. Swift Garter, has a long 

 ovoid head with a prolonged snout rounded at the apex; long and slender 

 body covered with rather long carinate scales, notched behind, and 

 moderately large plates below. The tail is very long, thin, and termi- 

 nates on a point. The colors above are light olive-brown or chocolate, 

 with three yellow stripes, and light brown or milky-white below with a 



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