AMPHIBIANS AND KBPTILES OK BKXAK COUNTY 



from San Antonio and Helotes under the names getula and 

 splendida; and other writers, myself included, have called the 

 Bexar County snake holbrooki (or sayi , as it was formerly 

 known). Holbrooki is common in eastern and east-central Texas 

 but Austin and Burnet probably furnish the western-most rec- 

 ords for authentic specimens. 



58. Lampropeltis triangulum amaura (Cope) 



Red King Snake 

 Lampropeltis amaura Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 



i860, p. 216. 

 One adult and several juvenile specimens from Helotea 

 were in the Marnock collection. 



59. Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis (Baird and Girard) 



Annulated King Snake 

 Ophibolus gentilis Baird and Girard, Cat. N. Am. Rept., 

 Pt. 1, 1853, p. 90. 



This subspecies, one of the most beautiful of king snakes, 

 has been collected at Hielotes by Marnock. Two of his speci- 

 mens are in the Baylor University Museum and one in the 

 Scientific Society collection. The latter was presented to the 

 Society by Mr. Marnock who at the time was under the im- 

 pression that the specimen represented a new species and labelled 

 it "Ophibolus sp. nova". It is an extreme variation and at a 

 first glance, reminds one of one of the forms of Lampropeltis 

 pyromelaena (Cope). 



60. Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird and Girard -LeConte's Snake 



Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird and Girard, Cat. N. Am. 

 Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 120. 



This species is rather common and has been collected in 

 several sections of the county. In a small series in the Marnock 

 collection, all of the principal variations in color pattern are re- 

 presented. Mr. Hurter obtained an unusually large specimen 

 near San Antonio. 



6i. Sonora episcopa (Kennicott) Miter Snake 



Lamprosoma episcopum Kennicott, U. S. Mex. Bound. 



Surv., 1859, Vol. 2, p. 22, pi. 8, fig. 2. 

 This species has been collected at Helotes but must be rare, 

 for I found only a single specimen in the Marnock collection. 



