The seventeen, species of Ophidia hitherto known to inhabit 

 New- York are as follows* : 



LIST OF SPECIES. 



1. Crotalus DrRissTJS, Linn Battlesnake. 



2. Crotalophoeus tergeminus, Holhr. Massasauga. 



3. Ancistrodon contortrix, B.^ G.. Copperhead. 



4. EuT^NiA SA0RITA, B. ^ G Striped-Snake. 



5. " siRTALis, B.^ G. Gartersnake. 



6. Nerodia sipbdon, B. <^ G Watersnake. 



7. Eeqina leberis, B.^ G Tellowbellied-snake. 



8. Heteeodon plattehinos, Latr Hognose. 



9. ScoTOPHis ALLEGHANiENSis, B. ^ G. Mountain Blacksnake. 



10. Ophibolus getultjs, B.^- G Kingsnake. ■^ 



11. " EXiMiTis, B.^ G Housesnake. 



12. Bascanion consteictoe, B.Sf G. . . Blacksnake. 



13. Chloeosoma ternalis, B.Sj- G. ... G-reensnake. 



14. DiADOPHls PTJNCTATrs, B. <^ G Kingsnake. 



15. CeL0ta amcena, B. cf- G Wormsnake. 



16. Storeria dekati, B.^ G Spotted-snake. 



17. " occipito-mactjlata, B. , . Eedbellied-snake. 



In addition to these, some seven or more species will, in all' 

 probability, be hereafter detected in the State : these are, Crotalo- 

 phorus massasauga, Kietland ( C. kirtlandii, Holbeook), in the 

 west ; JVerodia agassizii and Scotophis vulpinus, from the north- 

 west \ JVerodia nigra, from the north ; Heterodon niger and Regina 

 rigida, from the south, and Pityophis melanohucus from the south- 

 east. 



* The numbers attached to the species are the same asonthe corresponding figures 

 of the plates. 



