Notes on Virginia in Virginia 



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Fig. 1. Seasonal variation in maximum size of ova or ovarian follicles of mature 

 female Virginia striatula from Virginia. 



Table 3. Stage of development of eggs of the rough earth snake, Virginia 

 striatula. 



Date 



Number of 



Number of 



Stage 





broods 



5 



eggs /young 

 5,5,6,6,8 





24 May 1980 



<6to7 



27 May 1980 



7 



4,5,5,6,6,7,7 



yolked ova to 14 



31 May 1980 



6 



4,5,6,7,7,10 



<6 to 20 



7 June 1976 





8 



26 



25 June 1980 





4 



27-28 



29 June 1980 





5 



29 



7 July 1980 





9 



31-32 



9 July 1980 





4 



28-29 



10 August 1980 





7 



birth 



2.4; df = 193, 157), while those of females did not (t = 1.3 and 1.3; df = 199, 

 170). There was no significant difference in tail length/ snout-vent length 

 ratios (males: t = 1.3; females: t = 0.4). In both our data and those of Clark 

 and of Clark and Fleet, shrinkage corrections were made after the speci- 

 mens were preserved. Scale counts of Virginia specimens are lower than 

 those of Texas material. Ventral counts differ greatly (males: t = 20.8; 



