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.NORTH AMERICAN BATRAOHIA AND REPTILIA. 
G. 135-160. Entire North America, except Sonoran region and 
along Pacific coast. 
56. E. sirtalis, subsp. parietalis, (Say.) Cope. Color above 
olive-brown; two series of quadrate black blotches on sides, be- 
tween which are blotches of brick-red; beneath bluish-green; 
G. 155-160. Central and Pacific regions; Indiana and Illinois. 
57. E. sirtalis , subsp. obscura , Cope. Color above uniform 
brown; spots obscure; dorsal and lateral bands distinct. Eastern 
sub-region north of Washington; northern part of Pacific 
region. 
58. E. sirtalis, subsp. dorsalis , (B. and G.) Cope. Color 
above olivaceous, with three broad greenish- white stripes; below 
lateral ones and on abdomen greenish-white; two rows of small 
spots on each side, the superior row connected by a narrow line; 
upper labials seven or eight; G. 160-170. Entire North 
America. 
y. No dorsal band. 
59. E. sirtalis, subsp. ordinata, (Linn.) Cope. Color 
above olive, with three distinct rows of dark square spots, about 
85 from head to anus; lateral and dorsal stripes very indistinct 
or wanting; beneath greenish-white, with black spots on sides of 
scuttelee; G. 135-155. Northern part of Eastern region and 
North Alabama. 
19. Genus Storeria, B. and G. 
Nasals two; loral absent; anteorbitals one or two; postorbi- 
tals two; dorsal scales carinate; anal divided; head 'distinct from 
small body; general color brown, with two dotted dorsal lines. 
60. S. dekayi, (Holb.) B. and G. DeKay’s Brown Snake. 
Color above gray or chestnut-brown, with a clay-colored dorsal 
band; a series of dots along its margin, two scales apart; two 
other dotted lines and traces of a third on sides; a dark patch 
on each side of the occipital; beneath grayish-white; one ante 
and two postorbitals; dorsal rows 17; G. 120-140. Central, 
Austroriparian and Eastern regions. 
61. S. occipitomaculata , (Storer.) B. and G. Bed-bellied 
Snake. Color above gray or chestnut-brown, with sometimes a 
paler vertebral line, margined by a series of black dots; three 
light blotches on base of head; beneath red or salmon-color; 
two anterior and posterior orbitals; dorsal rows 15; G. 115-130. 
Eastern region; South Carolina and Georgia. 
