taimammmm^mwMMMiMMMaaaamm ^-Zi:^ -^ IBs s^B ^5^ ^^^s O -5f ?7 u A CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES BY LEONHARD STEJNEGER AND THOMAS BARBOUR Second Edition CAMBRIDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD Oxford University Press 1923 COPYRIGHT, 1917, 1923 BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINTED AT THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MA88., U. S. A. INTRODUCTION TO SECOND EDITION THE first edition of the Check List seems to have been useful. Great changes have come in our knowledge of the North American fauna since it was written, so great in- deed that there has been a general request for a revised edi- tion. This we have attempted in as impartial a manner as possible. Probably no one will agree with all our conclusions. The reason for issuing this revision now is that the present seems to be as good a time as any later date, in view of the fact that the last word will not be said for years to come. Recent writers have often erred egregiously in the use of accents in Spanish place names. We confess it is difficult to satisfy the puristic conventions. Our general rule is to ac- cent all Spanish words in which the last syllable is stressed and which ends in a vowel. It is not the real province of a Check List to initiate changes in usage except where nomenclature does not con- form to the International Code. We admit new species and subspecies as they are proposed, except where their validity is definitely contra-indicated. As to the various more funda- mental changes in classification which have been proposed we can only say that we are inclined to consider them very sympathetically, but they have not as yet stood the test of time. We have, however, omitted the term Eublepharidae most willingly. But Pseudacris and Manculus, which some would suppress, are convenient names for apparently natural associations of species, and, therefore, who would ask more reason for their retention in the ranks of valid genera? It is to be hoped that American herpetology may not fall into the unhappy condition now seen in our ornithology with its overmultiplied monotypic genera; still, however, any reason- able efforts to break up the great unwieldy genera are cer- tainly welcome. IV INTRODUCTION Thus without special aim to be consistent we have taken up the various problems presented by recent workers, feeling generally that it is our duty to record established custom rather than to initiate or to follow hastily each proposed change. Thanks are due to several of our North American co- workers for advice and assistance. We would mention especially Dr. Emmett Reid Dunn, Dr. Alexander G. Ruth- ven, and Mr, Karl P. Schmidt. T. B. NOTE Two frogs described by Weed (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 35, Oct. 17, 1922, p. 107-110) seem to have scarcely the status of full species, nor yet to be subspecies. Nevertheless they are not the same as typical Rana pipiens, and pending more complete exami- nation of their status we give them only this nominal mention. They have been called Rana burnsi Weed and Rana kandiyohi Weed. INTRODUCTION TO FIRST EDITION A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles has long been wished for by all students of American Her- petology. This list has been prepared generally upon the lines of the American Ornithologists' Union Check List of Birds, and, following that example, it has included the species and subspecies which the authors deem valid ^ and of certain occurrence in North America, north of the Rio Grande, and in Lower California, Mexico. Miller's List of North Ameri- can Land Mammals (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 79, 1912) has also been a valued guide. This volume is the result of lists begun some years ago independently by both authors. The arrangement is on the following system: The higher groups and genera are in systematic sequence, the species are in alphabetic order. No attempt is made to give synonyms. Species not listed are believed to be invalid. The citation of original appearance of names is given for all except such (e.g., family names) as are formed automatically. Following the citation of the original description of each species comes the place of first appearance of the name in its present combination — ac- curate in so far as we have been able to determine. Refer- ences are added to Cope's North American Batrachia and to his Crocodilians, Lizards, and Snakes of North America. Both are frequently erratic and inaccurate, but large and excellent portions of both works are to a great extent from the pen of S. F. Baird, as painstaking an investigator as this country has produced. These monographs are in widespread use, and constitute the most recent attempts toward com- ' By this statement it is not meant that the authors in all cases have verified the status of a num- ber of more recently established forms by critical study. The judgment of reliable workers has been accepted where no special reason appeared to contra-indicate the validity of the form. As for the admission of subspecies — or rather trinominal designation — tor certain forms no sp>ecial attempt has been made at consistency, the authors on principle leaning towards binominals in all cases where the need of trinominals has not been clearly established. VI INTRODUCTION plete lists. In the case of the difficult genus Thamnophis references are given to Ruthven's excellent review. Com- mon names for reptiles and amphibians are in great con- fusion, and are often of generic rather than of specific application. No attempt is made to recognize any except those which are in well-established usage. The host which have been recently coined by various writers are frequently inapt and almost surely unlikely to survive. It is entirely possible that some vernacular names really often used have escaped our notice, since many are in restricted local use. The type localities are as nearly exact as it is possible to determine. This cannot be said regarding the ranges. Many are obviously faulty, but a sincere attempt has been made to collect records of authentic captures; however, with a literature so extensive and so scattered, records have almost surely been overlooked. In many cases, our knowl- edge does not warrant drawing hard and fast lines delimit- ing a form's occurrence, and we often state ranges in pur- posely general terms. There still is opportunity for valuable field work to determine the precise distribution of many of our most common species. An example is the recent dis- covery that Virginia valeriae is far from rare in parts of New Jersey. Our hearty thanks are due to many for information and advice, especially to Samuel Henshaw, John Van Denburgh, and Alexander G. Ruthven. G. K. Noble has assisted considerably in verifying refer- ences and searching literature, and for this assistance he has our grateful remembrance. T. B. CONTENTS CLASS AMPHIBIA Order Caudata Suborder Proteida Family Necturidae Genus Necturus Family Typhlomolgidae 2 Genus Typhlomolge 2 Suborder Mutabilia 2 Family Amphiumidae 2 Genus Amphiuma 2 Family Cryptobranehidae 3 Genus Cryptobranchus 3 Family Salamandridae 3 Genus Triturus 3 Family Ambystomidae 4 Genus Ambystoma 4 Genus Dicamptodon 7 Genus Rhyaeotriton 8 Family Plethodontidae 8 Genus Batrachoseps 8 Genus Hemidactylium 9 Genus Plethodon 10 Genus Ensatina 12 Genus Stereochilus 13 Genus Gyrinophilus 13 Genus Maneulus 14 Genus Pseudotriton 14 Genus Eurycea 15 Genus Hydromantes 17 Genus Aneides 17 Genus Desmognathus 19 Genus Leurognathus 20 Genus Typhlotriton 20 Suborder Meantes 21 Family Sirenidae 21 Genus Siren 21 Genus Pseudobranchus 21 Order Salientia 22 Suborder Costata 22 Family Discoglossidae 22 Genus Ascaphus 22 r^ 98 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 TYPE locality: Missouri. RANGE : Illinois and Wisconsin to Texas. Lampropeltis catalinensis Van Denburgh and Slevin Lai7ipropeltis catalinensis Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 11, Dec. 17, 1921, p. 397. TYPE LOCALITY : Santa Catalina Island, Gulf of California. RANGE : Same. Lampropeltis elapsoides elapsoides (Holbrook) Coluber slapsoides Holbrook N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. 2, 1838, p. 123, pi. 28. Lampropeltis elapsoides Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 88. Osceola elapsoidea Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 900, fig. 221. TYPE LOCALITY: South Carolina and Georgia. range: Southeastern states to Florida and Louisiana. Lampropeltis elapsoides virginiana Blanchard Lampropeltis elapsoides virginiana Blanchard Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 81, Apr. 28, 1920, p. 2. type locality: Raleigh, North Carolina. range : Northern North Carolina and Virginia, east of the Alle- gheny Mts. Lampropeltis getulus getulus (Linne) KING-SNAKE, CHAIN-SNAKE Coluber getulus Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 382. Lampropeltis getula Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 255. Ophibolus getulus getulus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 914, figs. 227, 228. TYPE locality: Carolina. RANGE : Southern New England to northern Florida. Lampropeltis getulus boylii (Baird and Girard) Ophibolus boylii Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 82. Lampropeltis getulus boylii Blanchard Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 87, 1920, p. 3. Ophibolus getulus boylii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 919, fig. 230. TYPE locality: El Dorado County, California. range: Arizona, western Nevada, California. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 99 Lampropeltis getulus brooksi Barbour Lampropeltis getulus brooksi Barbour Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, Vol. 7, June 5, 1919, p. 1, pi. 1. TYPE locality: Royal Palm Hammock, 14 miles southwest of Homestead, Dade Co., southeastern Florida. RANGE : The tropical southeastern corner of Dade County, Florida. Lampropeltis getulus conjuncta (Cope) Lampropeltis boylii var. conjuncta Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 301. TYPE locality: Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, RANGE : Southwestern iVrizona and Lower California. Lampropeltis getulus floridana Blanchard Lampropeltis getulus floridana Blanchard Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 70, May 5, 1919, p. 1, pl. 1, fig. 1. TYPE LOCALITY : Orange Hammock, De Soto Co., Florida. RANGE : Florida from Orange County in the north to central Dade County in the southeast. Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki (Stejneger) Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 25, Sept. 8, 1902, p. 152. Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki Hurter and Strecker Trans. Ac. Sci. St. Louis, Vol. 18, 1909, p. 26. Ophibolus getulus sayi Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 911, fig. 226. TYPE locality: Valley of the Mississippi. range: Louisiana to Texas, northward through the states of the Mississippi basin mostly west of the river, to southern Iowa and southern Nebraska. Lampropeltis getulus nigra (Yarrow) Ophibolus getulus niyer Yarrow Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 5, 1882, p. 438. Lampropeltis getulus niger Blanchard Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. lU, 1921, p. 43, fig. 33. type locality: Wheatland, Lidiana. range: Northern Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and southern Indiana. Lampropeltis getulus splendida (Baird and Girard) Ophibolus splendidus Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Kept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 83. 100 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Lampropeltis splendida Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 255. Ophibolus getulus splendidus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 918, fig. 229. TYPE locality: Sonora, Mexico. KANGE : Northern Mexico and the boundary region. Lampropeltis getulus yumanensis Blanchard Lampropeltis getulus yumanensis Blanchard Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 81, 1919, p. 6, pi. 1, fig. 2. TYPE locality: 27 miles west of Indian Oasis, Pima Co., Arizona. BANGE : Southwestern Arizona, southeastern California, and ad- jacent areas of Sonora and Lower California. Lampropeltis herrerae Van Denbuhgh and Slevin Lampropeltis herrerae Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 13, No. 1, July 25, 1923, p. 2. TYPE locality: South Todos Santos Island, Lower California. RANGE : Same. Lampropeltis multicincta ^ (Yarrow) Ophibolus getulus multicindus Yarrow Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 5, 1882, p. 440. Lampropeltis multicincta Blanchard Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 114, 1921, p. 222. Lampropeltis pyromelaena multicincta Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Kept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 89. TYPE locality: Fresno, California. range: Moist coniferous forests of California. Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope) Ophibolus pyromelanus Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, p. 305. Lampropeltis pyrrhomelaena Stejneger Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 25, 1902, p. 152. Ophibolus pyrrhomelas Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 907. fig. 224. TYPE locality: Fort Whipple, Arizona. RANGE : Southern Arizona. Lampropeltis rhombomaculata (Holbrook) MOLE-SNAKE Coluber rhombomaculatus Holbrook N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. 4, 1840, p. 103, pi. 20. 1 Bellophis zonatus Lockington, 1877, but probably not Coluber zonalui Blainville, 18S5. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 101 Lampropeltis rhombomaculata Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 255. Ophibolus rhombomaculatus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 903, fig. 222. TYPE locality: Georgia and Alabama. RANGE : Maryland to Georgia and Alabama. Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum (Lacepede) MILK-SNAKE Colvber triangulum Lacepede Hist. Nat. Quadr. Ovip. Serp., Vol. 2, 1788, tabl. meth., p. 86. Lampropeltis triangula Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 256. Osceola doliata triangula Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 885, figs. 210-215. TYPE locality: America. range: Eastern North America from Maine to Iowa, south to Virginia and in the mountains farther south. Lampropeltis triangulum amaura (Cope) Lampropeltis amaura Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 258. Lampropeltis triangulum amaura Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 90. Osceola doliata coccinea Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 896, fig. 220 (not of Schlegel). type locality : "Unknown" (original entry of type U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 5282 reads ".^Mississippi"). range : Eastern United States, west to Texas, south to the Gulf. Lampropeltis triangulum annulata (Kennicott) Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 329. Lampropeltis triangulum anjiulata Blanchard Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 114, 1921, p. 159. Osceola doliata annulata Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 895, fig. 219. type locality: Matamoros, Mexico. range : Southeastern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis (Baird and Girard) Ophibolus gentilis Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 90. Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 90. 102 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Osceola doliata gentilis Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 894, fig. 218. Lampropeltis pyromelaena celaenops Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 89. TYPE locality: North Fork, Red River, near Sweetwater Creek, Wheeler Co., Texas. RANGE : Texas and northwestern Mexico. Lampropeltis triangulum syspila (Cope) Ophibolns doliatus syspilus Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 11, 1888, p. 384. Lampropeltis triangulum syspila Ruthven Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 66, 1919, p. 3. Osceola doliata syspila Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 891, fig. 216. TYPE LOCALITY : Richland County, Illinois. range : Arkansas and Tennessee northward to Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. Stylophis (GENUS) Berg, Comun. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, Vol. 1, 1901, p. 290 type: extenuatus Stylophis extenuatus (Brown) Stilosoma extenuatum Brown Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1890, p. 199. Stylophis extenuatus Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 90. Stilosoma extenuatum Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 924, fig. 232. TYPE locality: Lake Kerr, Marion Co., Florida. RANGE : North central Florida. Contia (GENUS) Baird and Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 110 type: mitis = tenuis Contia tenuis (Baird and Girard) Calamaria tenuis Baird and Girard Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 6, 1852, p. 176. Contia tenuis Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 91. Contia mitis Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 925, fig. 233. Lodia tenuis Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 927, fig. 234. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 103 TYPE locality: Puget Sound, Washington. range: Southern CaHfornia to Puget Sound. Cemophora (GENUS) Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 244 TYPE : coccinea Cemophora coccinea (Blumenbach) Coluber coccineus Blumenbach Voigt's Mag. Neu. Phys. Naturg., Vol. 5, Pt. 1, 1788, p. 11, pi. 1. Cemophora coccinea Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 244. Cemophora coccinea Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 928, fig, 235. TYPE locality: Florida. range: Maryland to Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. Rhinocheilus (GENUS) Baird and Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Kept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 120 type : lecontei Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird and Girard Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Kept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 120. Rhinochilus lecontei Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 931, fig. 236. TYPE locality: San Diego, California. range: Idaho to Lower California, east to Texas, northern Mexico. Sonora (GENUS) Baird and Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 117 TYPE: semiannulaia Sonora occipitaUs (Hallowell) Rhinostoma occipitale Hallowell Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 7, 1854, p. 95. Sonora occipitalis Van Denburgh Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1913, p. 411. Chionactis occipitalis Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 941, fig. 240. TYPE locality: Moj a ve Desert. range: Southeastern California, Arizona, Colorado. 104 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Sonora semiannulata Baird and Girard Sonora semiannulata Baird amd Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 117. Chionactis episcopus isozonus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 939, fig. 239. Sonora episcopa ' Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 92. TYPE locality: Sonora, Mexico. range: Utah to Nevada, Arizona, southern Kansas and Texas; also southeastern California and the adjacent regions of Mexico. Sonora taylori (Boulenger) Contia taylori Boulenger Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., Vol. 2, 1894, p. 265, pi. 12, fig. 3. Sonora taylori Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 92. Chionactis taylorii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 936. TYPE locality: Duval County, Texas, and Nuevo Leon, Mexico. RANGE : Southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Ficimia (GENUS) Gray, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., 1849, p. 80 TYPE : olivacea Ficimia cana (Cope) Gyalopion canum Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 243. Ficimia cana Garman Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 83. Gyalopin-m canum Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 947, fig. 241. TYPE locality: Fort Buchanan, Arizona. RANGE : Western Texas to Arizona. Hypsiglena (GENUS) Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 246 type: ochrorhynchus Hypsiglena ochrorhjmchus ochrorhjnachus (Cope) Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 246. Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 953, fig. 245. ' Sonora episcopa is a synonym fide Ortenburger, Copeia, No. 121, July 20, 1923, p. 81. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 105 TYPE locality: Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. RANGE : Southern and Lower California, Arizona, southern Utah, southern Nevada, and northwestern Mexico. Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus texana (Stejneger) Hypsiglcna texana Stejneger N. Amer. Fauna, No. 7, 1893, p. 205. Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus texana Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 93. TYPE locality: Between Laredo and Camargo, Texas. range: Southwestern Texas. Chilomeniscus (GENUS) Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 339 type: stramineus Chilomeniscus cinctus Cope Chilomeniscus cinctus Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 303. TYPE locality: Guaymas, Mexico. range : Colorado Desert to adjacent Sonora and central Lower California. Chilomeniscus ephippicus Cope Chilomeniscus ephippicus Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, p. 85. Chilomeniscus ephippicus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 950, fig. 243. TYPE locality: Owens Valley, California. range : Southern Arizona and California. Chilomeniscus punctatissimus Van Denburgh and Slevin Chilomeniscus punctatissimus Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 11, July 30, 1921, p. 98. TYPE locality: Isla Partida, Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California. range : Same. Chilomeniscus stramineus Cope Chilomeniscus stramineus Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 339. Chilomeniscus stramineus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 949, fig. 242. type locality: Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. range: Southern Lower California. 106 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Natrix (GENUS) Laurenti, Syn. Kept., 1768, p. 73 type: vulgaris = natrix Natrix clarkii (Baird and Girard) Regi?ia clarkii Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 48. Natrix clarkii Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 14, 1892, p. 669. Natrix clarkii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 987, fig. 261. TYPE locality: Indianola, Texas. RANGE : Coastal regions of northwest Florida to Texas. Natrix compressicauda (Kennicott) SALT-WATER MOCCASIN Nerodia compressicauda Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 335. Natrix compressicauda Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 11, 1889, p. 392. Natrix compressicauda Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 978, fig. 255. TYPE locality: Tampa Bay, Florida. range: Southwestern Florida, especially the mangrove swamps of the extreme southern coast and the Keys. Natrix cyclopion (Dumeril and Bibron) Tropidonotus cyclopion Dumeril and Bibron Erp. Gen., Vol. 7, 1854, p. 576. Natrix cyclopium Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 14, 1892, p. 673. Natrix cyclopium Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 961, figs. 247, 248. TYPE locality: New Orleans. range: Florida to Louisiana and northward up the Mississippi Valley to southern Illinois. Natrix grahamii (Baird and Girard) Regina grahamii Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 47. Natrix grahamii Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 14, 1892, p. 668. Natrix grahamii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 991, fig. 264. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 107 TYPE locality: Rio Salado, Texas. RANGE : Illinois southward to Louisiana and Texas. Natrix kirtlandii (Kennicott) Regina kirtlandii Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, p. 95. Natrix kirtlandii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 995, fig. 266. TYPE locality: Northern Illinois. range : Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Natrix rhombifera (Hallowell) Tropidonotus rhombifer Hallowell Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 6, 1852, p. 177. Natrix rhombifera Cope Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 11, 1889, p. 398. Natrix rhombifera Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 963, fig. 249. TYPE locality: Arkansas River and its tributaries near the northern boundary of the Creek Nation. range: Southern Illinois and Indiana south to Vera Cruz, Mexico. Natrix rigida (Say) Coluber rigidvs Say Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 4, Pt. 2, 1825, p. 239. Natrix rigida Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 14, 1892, p. 668. Natrix rigida Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 989, fig. 262. type locality: The Southern States. range : The Carolinas to Florida. Natrix septemvittata (Say) MOON-SNAKE, QUEEN-SNAKE Coluber septemvittatus Say Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 4, Pt. 2, 1825, p. 240. Natrix septemvittata Cope Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 18, 1895, p. 216. Natrix leberis Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 993, fig. 265. type locality: Pennsylvania. range: Central, Eastern, and Gulf States from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin southward. 108 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Natrix sipedon sipedon^ (Linne) WATER-SNAKE Coluber sipedon Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 219. Natrix sipedon Kirsch Bull. U. S. Fish Coram., Vol. 14, 1895, p. 333. Natrix fasciata sipedon Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 969, fig. 251. TYPE locality: North America. RANGE : Northern and northeastern United States. Natrix sipedon fasciata ^ (Linne) Coluber fasciatus Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 378. Natrix sipedon fasciata Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 96. Natrix fasciata fasciata Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 966, fig. 250. TYPE locality: Carolina. range: Virginia to Florida, westward to Louisiana and north- ward up the Mississippi through all the central states to Ne- braska and Indiana. Natrix sipedon pictiventris (Cope) Natrix fasciata pictiventris Cope Amer. Nat., Vol. 29, 1895, p. 677. Natrix sipedon pictiventris Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 96. Natrix fasciata pictiventris Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 969. TYPE locality: Palatka, Florida. RANGE : Peninsula of Florida. ' Blanchard, evidently planning a considerable revision of the sipedon-fasciata group of Natrix, has proposed a new subspecies which we recognize as proposed without as yet making the nomenclatural changes predicated: Natrix fasciata confluens Blanchard. Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 140, July 9, 1923, p. 1. TYPE locality: Butler County, Michigan. range: Eastern Louisiana north through southern and eastern Arkansas to southeastern Missouri and west in Texas to about the 9Sth Meridian. 2 Apparent forms which are more or less uniformly rufescent are found in the ranges of both the subspecies fasciata and sipedon. To these the names of Natrix sipedon erythrogaster (Forster in Bossu, Travels through North America, Vol. 1, 1771, p. 364, footnote) and Natrix sipedon fulviventer (Rafinesque, Ann. Nat., 1820, No. 1, p. 6) have been given. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 109 Natrix sipedon transversa (Hallowell) Tropidonotus transversus Hallowell Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. G, 1852, p. 177. Natrix sipedon transversa Hurter Herp. Missouri, 1911, p. 157. Natrix fasciata transversa Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 973, fig. 252. TYPE locality: Creek boundary, found near the banks of the Arkansas and its tributaries. RANGE : Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas. Natrix taxispilota (Holbrook) WATER-PILOT Tropidonotus taxispilotus Holbrook N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 2, Vol. 4, 1842, p. 35, pi. 8. Natrix taxispilota Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 11, 1889, p. 392. Natrix taxispilota Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 959, fig. 246. TYPE locality: South Carolina seaboard and the Altamaha River, Georgia. RANGE : Virginia, the CaroUnas to Florida, west to Louisiana. Natrix valida (Kennicott) Regina valida Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 334. Natrix valida Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 14, 1892, p. 670. Natrix valida Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 984, figs. 258, 259. TYPE locality: Durango, Mexico. RANGE : Western Mexico, Lower Cahfornia. Seminatrix (GENUS) Cope, Amer. Nat., Vol. 29, 1895, p. 678 TYPE : pygaea Seminatrix pygaea (Cope) Contia pygaea Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1871, p. 223. Seminatrix pygaea Cope Amer. Nat., Vol. 29, 1895, p. 678. Seminatrix pygaea Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 998, fig. 267. type locality: Volusia, Florida. RANGE : Florida peninsula. 110 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Storeria (GENUS) Baibd and Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 135 TYPE : dekayi Storeria dekayi (Holbrook) DeKAYS snake Tropidonotus dekayi Holbrook N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 2, Vol. 4, 1842, p. 53, pi. 14. Storeria dekayi Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 135. Storeria dekayi Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1000, fig. 268. TYPE locality: Massachusetts and New York. range: Eastern North America, Ontario to Vera Cruz, west to Kansas. Storeria occipito-maculata (Storer) RED-BELLIED SNAKE Coluber occipito-maculatus Storer Rep. Fish. Rept. Birds Massachusetts, 1839, p. 230. Storeria occipito-maculata Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 137. Storeria occipitomaculata Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1003, fig. 269. TYPE locality: Amherst, Mass. range: Ontario to Vera Cruz, westward to Kansas, northward to Lake Superior. Storeria victa Hay Storeria victa Hay Science, Ser. 1, Vol. 19, April 8, 1892, p. 199. type locality: Oklawaha River, some distance north of Kis- simmee, Florida. RANGE : Florida. Virginia {GENUS) Baird and Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 127 type: valeriae Virginia elegans Kennicott Virginia elegans Ivennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, p. 99. Virginia elegans Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1007, fig. 271. TYPE locality: Heavily timbered regions of southern Illinois. range: Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri southward to Texas. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. Ill Virginia valeriae Baird and Girard Virginia valeriae Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 127. Virginia valeriae Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1006, fig. 270. TYPE locality: Kent County, Maryland. RANGE : New Jersey to South Carolina, west to Tennessee. Amphiardis (GENUS) Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 11, 1889, p. 391 TYPE : inornatus Amphiardis inornatus (Garman) Virginia inornata Garman Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 97. Amphiardis inornatus Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 14, 1892, p. 675. Amphiardis inornatus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1009. TYPE locality: Dallas, Texas. RANGE : Texas and Oklahoma. Potamophis (GENUS) FiTZiNGER, Syst. Rept., 1843, p. 25 type : striatulus Potamophis striatulus (Linne) Coluber striatulus Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 375. Potamophis striatulus Garaian Bull. Essex Inst., Vol. 24, 1892, p. 105. Haldea striatula Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1009, fig. 272. type locality: Carolina. range: Virginia and Minnesota southward to the Gulf States. Tropidoclonion (GENUS) Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 76 type: lineatum Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell) Micro ps lineatus Hallowell Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, p. 241. 112 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Tropidoclonion lineatum Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 76. Tropidoclonium lineatum Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1011, fig. 273. TYPE locality: Kansas. RANGE : Ohio to Iowa and southeastern South Dakota and through Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas to Oklahoma and Texas. Liodytes (GENUS) Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 22, 1885, p. 194 TYPE ; alleni Liodjrtes alleni (Garman) Helicops alleni Garman Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. 17, 1874, p. 92. Liodytes alleni Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 11, 1888, p. 393. Liodytes allenii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1013, fig. 274. TYPE locality: Jacksonville, Florida. range: Florida. Thamnophis (GENUS) FiTZiNGER, Syst. Rept., 1843, p. 26 TYPE : sauritus GARTER-SNAKES Thamnophis angustirostris (Kennicott) Eutaenia angustirostris Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 332. Thamnophis angustirostris Ruthven Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 1908, p. 120. Eutaenia angustirostris Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1047, fig. 290. TYPE locality: Parras, Coahuila, Mexico. range: Southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico south to Coahuila and Durango. Thamnophis butleri (Cope) Eutaenia butleri Cope Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 11, 1889, p. 399. Thamnophis butleri Stejneger Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 17, 1895, p. 593. Eutaenia butlerii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1031, fig. 281. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 113 TYPE locality: Richmond, Indiana. RANGE : Western Pennsylvania, through Ohio and Indiana, southern Michigan. Thamnophis eques (Reuss) Coluber eques Reuss Mus. Senckenberg. Abh., Vol. 1, 1834, p. 152, pi. 8, fig. 2. Thamnophis eques Ruthven Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 1908, p. 158. Eutaenia eques Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1049, figs. 291-293. TYPE locality: Mexico. range: Arizona and New Mexico southward to Guatemala. Thamnophis marcianus (Baird and Girard) Eutainia marciana Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 36. Thamnophis marcianus Ruthven Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 1908, p. 58. Eutaenia elegans marciana Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1044, fig. 289. TYPE locality: "Red River, Arkansas" [Oklahoma]. range: Oklahoma and Texas west to southeastern California, northeastern Mexico. Thamnophis megalops (Kennicott) Eutaenia megalops Kennicott Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 330. Thamnophis megalops Ruthven Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 1908, p. 44. Eutaenia megalops Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1025, fig. 278. TYPE locality: Tucson and Sta. Magdalena, Arizona. range : The whole Mexican plateau region north to Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, and the Cocopah Mountains, Lower California. Thamnophis ordinoides ordinoides (Baird and Girard) Tropidonotus ordinoides Baird and Girard Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 6, 1852, p. 176. Thamnophis ordinoides Ruthven Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 1908, p. 147. Eutaenia elegans ordinoides Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1046. TYPE locality: Puget Sound. range : Coastal region of California, Oregon, and Washington. 114 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Thamnophis ordinoides atratus (Kennicott) Eutainia atrata Keistnicott U. S. Pacific R. R. Surv., Vol. 12, Pt. 2, 1860, p. 296. Thamnophis ordinoides atratus Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 8, 1918, p. 224, pi. 9. TYPE locality: California. range: Coast region of California from Del Norte to Santa Barbara Counties. Thamnophis ordinoides biscutatus (Cope) Eutaenia hiscxitata Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, p. 21. Thamnophis ordinoides biscutatus Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 8, 1918, p. 245, pi. 11. TYPE locality: Klamath Lake, Oregon. RANGE : Southern British Columbia, Vancouver Island, to Siski- you and Modoc Counties, California. Thamnophis ordinoides couchii (Kennicott) Eutainia couchii Kennicott U. S. Pacific R. R. Surv., Vol. 10, Pt. 4, 1859, p. 10. Thamnophis ordinoides couchii Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 11, 1921, p. 29. type locality: Pitt River, California. range: Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley in California east- ward over the Sierra Nevada into Douglas and Washoe Coun- ties, Nevada. Thamnophis ordinoides elegans (Baird and Girard) Eutainia elegans Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 34. Thamnophis ordinoides elegans Ruthven Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 1908, p. 138. Eutaenia elegans elegans Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1036, fig. 284. type locality: El Dorado County, California. RANGE : Sierra Nevada slopes of Nevada and California. Thamnophis ordinoides hammondii (Kennicott) Eutaenia hammondii Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 322. Thamnophis ordinoides hammondii Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 8, 1918, p. 256. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 115 Eutaenia elegans couchii (part) Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1042, fig. 288. TYPE locality: San Diego and Fort Tejon, California. range: Southern western California and adjacent Lower Cali- fornia. Thamnophis ordinoides hueyi Van Denburgh and Slevin Thamriophis ordinoides hueyi Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 13, July 25, 1923, p. 2. TYPE locality: Arroyo Encantada, San Pedro Martir Mis., Lower California. range : The San Pedro Martir Range. Thamnophis ordinoides vagrans (Baird and Girard) Eutainia vagrans Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 35. Thamnophis ordinoides vagrans Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 8, 1918, p. 240. Eutaenia elegant vagrans Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1039, fig. 287. type locality: California. range : Eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, south to north- ern Arizona and eastern California; San Pedro Martir Moun- tains, Lower California. Thamnophis proximus (Say) Coluber proximus Say Long's Exp. Rocky Mts., Vol. 1, 1823, p. 187. Thamnophis proxima Garman Bull. Essex Inst., Vol. 24, 1892, p. 105. Eutaenia proxima Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1022, fig. 277. Thamnophis sauritus proximus Ruthven Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 1908, p. 98. type locality: Stone quarry on west side of Missouri River, 3 miles above the mouth of Boyer's River. RANGE : Nebraska, northern Iowa and southern Wisconsin, south to Louisiana and Texas and through iSIexico to the coastal region of Yucatan and British Honduras. Thamnophis radix (Baird and Girard) Eutainia radix Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 34. Thamnophis radix Jordan Man. Vertebr. Anim. North. U. S., Ed. 8, 1899, p. 193. _ 116 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Eutaenia radix Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1026, fig. 279. TYPE locality: Racine, Wisconsin. range: The Great Plains from Kansas and Missouri to the Canadian Northwest. Thamnophis sackenii (Kennicott) Eutaenia sackenii Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, p. 98. Thamnophis sackenii Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 102. Thamnophis sanritus sackeni Ruthven Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 1908, p. 107. Eutaenia sackenii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1019, fig. 275. TYPE locality: Florida. range : The entire state of Florida, and southern Mississippi. Thamnophis sauritus (Linne) RIBBON-SNAKE Coluber saurita Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 385. Thamnophis saurita Stejneger N. Amer. Fauna, No. 7, 1893, p. 210. Eutaenia saurita Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1020, fig. 276. TYPE locality: Carolina. RANGE : Michigan, Ontario, and Maine, south to Mississippi, Ala- bama, and Georgia. Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (Linne) Coluber sirtalis Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 222. Thamnophis sirtalis Garman Bull. Essex Inst., Vol. 24, 1892, p. 104. Eutaenia sirtalis Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1064, figs. 298-303. TYPE locality: Canada. range: Eastern United States and Canada, north to about the 50th degree of latitude, west to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Missouri. Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus (Hallowell) Tropidonotus concinnus Hallowell Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 6, 1852, p. 182. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 117 Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus Ruthven Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 1908, p. 173. Eutaenia sirtalis concinna Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1081, fig. 306. TYPE locality: Oregon. range: Coast region of southwestern British Columbia, Van- couver Island, Washington and Oregon, west of the Sierra Nevada. Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis (Blainville) Coluber infernalis Blainville Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. 4, 1835, p. 291, pi. 26, figs. 3-3a. Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 8, 1918, p. 198. TYPE locality: California. RANGE : Southern Oregon and California (except desert areas). Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis (Say) Coluber parietalis Say Long's Exp. Rocky Mts., Vol. 1, 1823, p. 186. Thamnophis sirtalis var. parietalis Jordan Man. Vertebr. Anira. North. U. S., Ed. 8, 1899, p. 193. Eutaenia sirtalis parietalis Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1077, fig. 304. TYPE locality: Stone quarry on west side of Missouri River, 3 miles above the mouth of Boyer's River. range: Iowa and Minnesota, Missouri westward to Utah, east- ern Nevada, southern Idaho, and Manitoba. Coniophanes (GENUS) Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 248 TYPE: Jissidens Coniophanes imperialis (Baird) Taeniophis imperialis Baird U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. 2, 1859, Rept., p. 23, pi. 19, fig. 1. Coniophanes imperialis Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 74. Coniophanes imperialis Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1097, fig. 313. TYPE locality: Brownsville, Texas. range: Southeastern Texas to Vera Cruz, Mexico. 118 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Leptodeira (GENUS) FiTZiNGER, Syst. Kept., 1843, p. 27 TYPE : annulata Leptodeira septentrionalis (Kennicott) Dipsas septentrionalis Kennicott in Baird, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. 2, 1859, Rept., p. 16, pi. 8, fig.l. Leptodeira septentrionalis Stejneger Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 14, 1891, p. 505. Sibon septentrionale Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1107, fig, 316. TYPE locality: Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas. RANGE : Southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Trunorphodon (GENUS) Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 297 type: lyrophanes Trimorphodon lyrophanes (Cope) Lycodon lyrophanes Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 343. Trimorphodon lyrophanes Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1861, p. 297. Trimorphodon lyrophanes Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1102, fig. 314. TYPE locality: Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. RANGE : Southern Arizona and Lower California. Tantilla (GENUS) Baird and Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 131 TYPE : coronata Tantilla coronata Baird and Girard Tantilla coronata Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 131. Tantilla coronata Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1114, fig. 320. TYPE locality: Kemper County, Mississippi. range : Southeastern United States, from Virginia southward. Tantilla eiseni Stejneger Tantilla eiseni Stejneger Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 18, April 16, 1896, p. 117. TYPE locality: Fresno, California. range : Southern California. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 119 Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 132. Tantilla gracilis Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1111, fig. 318. TYPE locality: Indianola, Texas. RANGE : Missouri to Texas. Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1860, p. 328. Tantilla nigriceps Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1113, fig. 319. type locality: Fort Bliss, New Mexico, and Indianola to Nueces, Texas. range: Eastern and central iVrizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Tantilla planiceps (Blainville) Coluber planiceps Blain\'ille Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. 4, 1835, p. 294, pi. 27, figs. 3-3b. Tantilla planiceps Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1113. type locality: California. range : Cape Region of Lower California. Tantilla wilcoxi Stejneger Tantilla wilcoxi Stejneger Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 25, Sept. 8, 1902, p. 156. TYPE locality: Fort Huachuca, Arizona. RANGE : Southern Arizona. ELAPIDAE {FAMILY) Micrurus (GENUS) Wagler in Spix, Serp. Brasil., 1824, p. 48 type: spixii CORAL-SNAKES Micrurus euryxanthus (Kennicott) Flaps euryxanthus Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 337. Micrurus euryxanthus Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 106. 120 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Elaps euryxanthus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1125, fig. 324. TYPE locality: Sonora. range: Southern New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico, Tiburon Island. Micrurus fulvius (Linne) Coluber J ulvius Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 381. Micrurus Julvius Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 106. Elaps fulvius Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1120, figs. 321, 322. TYPE locality: Carolina. RANGE : North Carolina and Mississippi to Florida, the Gulf States, Mexico, and Central America. DISTEIRIDAE {FAMILY) Pelamydrus (GENUS) Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 38, 1910, p. Ill TYPE : platurus Pelamydrus platurus (Linne) Anguis platura Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 391. Pelamydrus platurus Stejneger Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 38, 1910, p. 111. TYPE locality: Unknown. range: Tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans; Gulf of California near Espiritu Santo Island. CROTALIDAE (FAMILY) Agkistrodon (GENUS) Beauvois, Trans. Amer. Pliilos. Soc, Vol. 4, 1799, p. 381 TYPE : mokasen Agkistrodon mokasen Beauvois COPPERHEAD Agkishodon ^ mokasen Beauvois Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 4, 1799, p. 370. ' Typographical error. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 121 Ancistrodon contortrix Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1135, fig. 326. TYPE locality: America. RANGE : Massachusetts southward to northern Florida, westward to Illinois, Arkansas, and Texas. Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lac^pede) COTTON-MOUTH MOCCASIN Crotalus piscivorus Lacepede Hist. Nat. Serp., Vol. 2, 1789, table method., p. 130. Ancistrodon fiscivorus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1133, fig. 325. TYPE locality: Carolina. range : West Virginia to Florida and the Gulf States. Sistnirus (GENUS) Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 110 type: miliarius Sistrurus catenatus catenatus (Rafinesque) MASSASAUGA Crotalinus catenatus Rafinesque Amer. Month. Mag. Crit. Rev., Vol. 4, No. 1, Nov. 1818, p. 41, Sistrurus catenatus Garman Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 176. Sistrurus catenatus catenatus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1146, fig. 329. TYPE locality: Prairies of the upper Missouri. range: Western New York, through Ohio to Nebraska, north- ward into Michigan and Ontario, southward to Kansas. Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii (Baird and Girard) Crotalophorus edwardsii Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 15. Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii Stejneger Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1893 (1895), p. 416. Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. II44, fig. 328, TYPE locality: Tamaulipas, Mexico. range : Oklahoma southward through western Texas to north- eastern Mexico, 122 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Sistrurus miliarius (Linne) GROUND RATTLER Crotalus miliarius Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 372. Sistrurus miliarius Garman Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 177. Sistrurus miliarius Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1141, fig. 327. TYPE locality: Carolina. range: North Carolina to Florida westward to Oklahoma and Texas, northward in the Mississippi basin to Arkansas. Crotalus (GENUS) Linne, Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 214 TYPE : horridus RATTLESNAKES Crotalus adamanteus Beauvois DIAMOND-BACK RATTLER Crotalus adamanteus Beauvois Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 4, 1799, p. 368. Crotahis adamanteus adamanteus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1161, fig. 333. TYPE locality: United States. RANGE : Southern North Carolina to Florida, westward to Louisi- ana and Arkansas. Crotalus atrox atrox (Baird and Girard) Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 5. Crotahis atrox atrox Brown Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1901, p. 103. Crotalus adamanteus scutulatus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1158, fig. 332. Crotalus adamanteus atrox Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1164, fig. 334. TYPE locality: San Pedro, Texas. range : Texas and northern Mexico to Arizona, also Lower California. Crotalus atrox elegans Schmidt Crotalus atrox elegans Schmidt Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 46, Dec. 7, 1922, p. 699 CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 123 TYPE locality: Angel de la Guardia [sic] Island, Lower Cali- fornia. range: Angel de la Guarda Island. Crotalus atrox lucasensis (Van Denburgh) Crotalus hicasensis Van Denburgh Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 10, Aug. 6, 1920, p. 29, pi. 3. Crotalus atrox lucasensis Schmidt Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 46, Dec. 7, 1922, p. 698. TYPE locality: Agua Caliente, Lower California. RANGE : Southern Lower California. Crotalus cerastes Hallowell SIDEWINDER Crotalus cerastes Hallowell Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 7, 1854, p. 95. Crotalus cerastes Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1196, fig. 347. TYPE locality: Mo jave Desert. range: Northeastern Lower California, southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, southwestern Utah. Crotalus confluentus Say PRAIRIE RATTLER Crotalus confluentus Say Long's Exp. Rocky Mts., Vol. 2, 1823, p. 48. Crotalus confluentus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1169, figs. 336-338. TYPE locality: "Valley of the Arkansa" near Bell's Springs, Colorado. range : The Great Plains, from about the 96th Meridian to the Rocky Mountains and from southern Canada to Texas. Crotalus enyo (Cope) Caudisona enyo Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 293. Crotalus enyo Cope Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, p. 33. Crotalus enyo Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1189, fig. 343. TYPE LOCALITY : Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. range: Extreme southern Lower California. 124 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Crotalus exsul Garman Crotalus exsul Garman Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 8, Pt. 3, 1883, p. 114. Crotalus ruber Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1167, fig. 335. TYPE locality: Cerros Island, Lower California. range: Southern and Lower California; Cerros Island and islands in Gulf of California. Crotalus goldmani Schmidt Crotalus goldmani Schmidt Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 46, Dec. 7, 1922, p. 701. TYPE locality: El Pifion, Lower California. RANGE : Same. Crotalus horridus Linne BANDED RATTLESNAKE, BLACK RATTLESNAKE, TIMBER RATTLE- SNAKE, CANEBRAKE RATTLESNAKE (for various Variants in Color- ation). Crotalus horridus Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 214. Crotalus horridus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1185, fig. 342. TYPE locality: America. RANGE : Maine to Georgia, westward to the Great Plains. Crotalus lepidus (Kennicott) Caudisona lepida Kennicott Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 206. Crotalus lepidus Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, p. 13. Crotalus lepidus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1191, fig. 344. TYPE locality: Presidio and Eagle Pass, Texas. range: Border region in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and ad- jacent Mexico. Crotalus mitchellii (Cope) Caudisona mitchellii Cope Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 293. Crotalus mitchellii Cope Wheeler's Surv. W. 100 Mer., Vol. 5, 1875, p. 535. Crotalus mitchellii Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1193, figs. 345, 346. TYPE locality: Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. range: Arizona, Colorado Desert to southern Lower California. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 125 Crotalus molossus Baird and Girard Crotalus 7nolossiis Baird and Gikard Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, 1853, p. 10. Crotalus molossus Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1154, fig. 330. TYPE locality: Fort Webster, New Mexico. range: Southern Texas to southern Arizona, also northern Mexico and San Esteban Island. Crotalus oreganus Holbrook Crotalus oreganus Holbrook N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. 4, 1840, p. 115, pi. 29 [= 24]. Crotalus confluentus lucifer Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1176, fig. 339. TYPE locality: Columbia River. RANGE : British Columbia to southern California, western Idaho, Nevada, and northwestern Lower California. Crotalus pricei Van Denburgh Crotalus pricei Van Denburgh Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1895, p. 856. Crotalus pricei Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1184. type locality: Huachuca Mts., Arizona. range : Southern Arizona and the adjacent region in Mexico. Crotalus tigris Kennicott Crotalus tigris Kennicott in Baird, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. 2, 1859, Rept., p. 14, pi. 4. Crotalus tigris Cope Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), p. 1181, fig. 341. TYPE locality: Deserts of the Gila and Colorado Rivers, Arizona. range: Southern California, southern Nevada, and southern Arizona. Crotalus tortugensis Van Denburgh and Slevin Crotalus tortugensis Van Denburgh and Slevin Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 11, Dec. 17, 1921, p. 398. TYPE locality: Tortuga Island, Lower California. range : Same. 126 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Crotalus willardi Meek Crotalus willardi Meek Field Columb. Mus. Publ. Zool., Vol. 7, No. 1, Jan. 1906, p. 18, pi. 3. TYPE locality: Ramsay Canyon, 7000 feet elevation, Hua- chuca Mountains, Arizona. range: Santa Rita Mountain region, Arizona, and northern Mexico. SYNAPSIDA (SUBCLASS) OsBORN, Science, N. S., Vol. 17, Feb. 13, 1903, p. 276 TESTUDINATA (ORDER) Oppel, Ordn. Rept., 1811, p. 3 KINOSTERNIDAE (FAMILY) Stemotherus (GENUS) Gray, Ann. Philos., N. S., Vol. 10, Sept. 1825, p. 211 TYPE : odoratus STINK-POTS, MUSK-TURTLES Stemotherus carinatus (Gray) Aromochelys carinata Gray Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855 (Jan. 22, 1856), p. 199. Stemotherus carinatus Stejneger Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 62, art. 6, 1923, p. 2. Kinosternon carinatum Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 111. TYPE locality: Louisiana. range : Mississippi River drainage, from Vicksburg, Mississippi, south. Stemotherus minor (Agassiz) Goniochelys minor Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 424. Stemotherus minor Stejneger Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 62, art. 6, 1923, p. 2. TYPE locality: Mobile, Alabama; Columbus, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana. range: Northern Florida to Georgia and Alabama; upper Tennessee. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 127 Stemotherus odoratus (Latreille) Testudo odorata Latreille Hist. Nat. Rept., vol. 1, 1802, p. 122. Sternothaerus odoratns Bell Zool. Journ., Vol. 2, 1825, p. 307. Kinosternon odoratum Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Aniph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 112. TYPE locality: Carolina. RANGE : Eastern and southern United States from Canada south; west to western Missouri and southern Texas. Kinosternon (GENUS) Spix, Testud. Brasil., 1824, p. 17 type: longicaudatuvi = scorpioides STINK-POTS, MUSK-TURTLES, MUD-TURTLES Kinosternon baurii Garman Cinosternum baurii Garman Bull. Essex Inst., Vol. 23, 1891, p. 141. TYPE locality: Key West, Florida. range: Florida. Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz) Platythyra flavescens Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 430; Vol. 2, pi. 5, figs. 12-15. Cinosternum flavescens Cope Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, p. 52. TYPE locality: Texas, Arizona. range: Texas, north to Kansas and Colorado, west to Arizona. Kinosternon sonoriense Le Conte Kinosternum sonoriense Le Conte Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, p. 184. TYPE locality: Tucson, Arizona. range: Southwestern Texas through southern New Mexico and Arizona into southeastern California; northern Mexico. Kinosternon steindachneri Siebenrock Cinosternum steindachneri Siebenrock Zool. Anz., Vol. 30, Oct. 16, 1906, p. 727. TYPE locality: Orlando, Florida. range: Central Florida. 128 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Kinostemon subrubrum subrubrum ^ (Lacepede) Testudo suhrubra Lacepede Hist. Nat. Quadr. Ovip. Serp., Vol. 1, 1788, synops. meth., tabl. between pp. 618 and 619 (comp. p. 132). Kinostemon subrubrum subrubrum Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 112. TYPE locality: Pennsylvania. range: Eastern United States, exclusive of peninsular Florida, west to Indiana and southeastern Illinois and Tennessee. Kinostemon subrubrum hippocrepis (Gray) Kinostemon hippocrepis Gray Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855 (Jan. 22, 1856), p. 198. Kinostemon subrubrum hippocrepis Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 112. TYPE locality: New Orleans, Louisiana. range: Southern Alabama to Texas, north in the Mississippi Valley to southeastern Missouri. CHELYDRIDAE {FAMILY) Macrochelys (GENUS) Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855 (Jan. 22, 1856), p. 200 type: temminckii Macrochelys temminckii (Holbrook) ALLIGATOR-SNAPPER Chelonura temminckii Holbrook N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, 1840, Vol. 4, p. 29, pi. 4. Macrochelys temminckii Gray Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855 (Jan. 22, 1856), p. 200. TYPE locality: Mississippi River and tributaries. RANGE : Texas east to southeastern Georgia and northern Florida, north in the Mississippi basin to northern Missouri. Chelydra (GENUS) Schweigger, Konigsberg. Arch. Naturw. Math., Vol. 1, 1812, Pt. 3, p. 292 type: serpentina Chelydra osceola Stejneger FLORIDA SNAPPER Chelydra osceola Stejneger Proc. Bid. Soc. Washington, Vol. 31, June 24, 1918, p. 89. > This is the species usually known as Kinostemon penailvanicum (Gmelin) 1789. Both names are based on the same figure in Edwards's " Glanures." CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 129 TYPE locality: Clearwater, Pinellas Co., Florida, range: Central and southern Florida. Chelydra serpentina (Linn6) COMMON SNAPPER Testudo serpentina Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 199. Chelydra serpentina Schweigger Konigsberg. Arch. Naturw. Math., Vol. 1, 1812, Pt. 3, p. 293. TYPE locality: "Warmer regions." range: Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and west to the Rocky Mountains. TESTUDINIDAE (FAMILY) Clemmys {GENUS) KiTGEN, Nova Acta Ac. Leopold.-Carol., Vol. 14, Pt. 1, 1828, p. 272 type: punctata = guttata Clemmys guttata (Schneider) SPOTTED TLRTLE Testudo guttata Schneider Schr. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin, Vol. 10, 1792, p. 264. Clemmys guttata Strauch Mem. Ac. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Ser. 7, Vol. 5, No. 7, 1862, p. 107. TYPE locality: Unknown. RANGE : Eastern United States from Maine to northern Florida; in northern part west and north to southern Michigan. Clemmys insculpta (Le Conte) WOOD-TURTLE Testudo insculpta Le Conte Ann, Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, Vol. 3, 1830, p. 112, Clemmys insculpta Strauch Mem. Ac. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Ser. 7, Vol. 5, No. 7, 1862, p. 104. TYPE locality: Northern [United] States. range: Eastern United States from Maine to Virginia, west to Michigan and Wisconsin; southwestern Ontario. Clemmys marmorata (Baird and Girard) Emys marmorata Baird and Girard Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 6, 1852, p. 177. Clemmys marmorata Strauch Mem. Ac, Sci. St. Petersbourg, Ser. 7, Vol. 5, No, 7, 1862, p. 108, 130 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 TYPE locality: Puget Sound, Washington. RANGE : Pacific slope from Puget Sound to San Diego, California. Cleminys muhlenbergii (Schoepff) Testudo muhlenbergii Schoepff Hist. Testud., Pt. 6, 1801, p. 132, pi. 31. Clemmys muhlenbergii Strauch Mem. Ac. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Ser. 7, Vol. 8, No. 13, 1865, p. 67. TYPE locality: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. range: New Jersey, southeastern corner of Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, and mountains of North Carolina. Emys (GENUS) DuMERiL, Zool. Anal., 1806, p. 76 TYPE : europea Emys blandingii (Holbrook) BLANDING'S TURTLE Cistudo blandingii Holbrook N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. 3, 1838, p. 35, pi. 5. Emys blandingii Strauch Mem. Ac. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Ser. 7, Vol. 5, No. 7, 1862, p. 28. TYPE locality: Fox River, Illinois. RANGE : Northern Illinois and Indiana, west and north into Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, and east into New England; Long Island. Terrapene (GENUS) Merrem, Tent. Syst. Amph., 1820, p. 27 type: clausa = Carolina box-turtles Terrapene Carolina Carolina (Linne) Testudo Carolina Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 198. Terrapene Carolina Bell Zool. Journ., Vol. 2, 1825, p. 309. TYPE locality: Carolina. range: Eastern United States from Maine to Georgia, west to Tennessee, western Illinois, and northwards to central Michigan. Terrapene Carolina triunguis (Agassiz) Cistudo triunguis Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 445. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 131 Terrapene Carolina triunguis Strecker Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. 23, 1910, p. 121. TYPE locality: New Orleans, Louisiana. RANGE : Coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico, north in the Missis- sippi basin to Missouri, west into Oklahoma and southern Texas. Terrapene major (iVoAssiz) Cistudo major Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 445. Terrapene major Baur Science, Ser. 1, Vol. 17, April 3, 1891, p. 190. TYPE locality: Mobile, Alabama; Florida. range: Florida, north into southern Georgia, west into south- eastern Texas. Terrapene ornata (Agassiz) Cist u Jo ornata Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 445. Terrapene ornata Baur Science, Ser. 1, Vol. 17, April 3, 1891, p. 191. type locality : The Upper Missouri and Iowa. range : Indiana, Illinois, and territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and the Rocky Mountains from the Yellow- stone River in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, southern New Mexico and Arizona and northern Mexico. Malaclemys (GENUS) Gray, Cat. Tort. Brit. Miis., 1844, p. 28 type: concentrica diamond-back terrapins Malaclemys centrata centrata (Latreille) Testudo centrata Latreille Hist. Nat. Rept., Vol. 1, 1802, p. 145. Malaclemys centrata Loennberg Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 17, Nov. 15, 1894, p. 319. TYPE locality: Carolina. range : Coast strip from neighborhood of Cape Hatteras, south to Florida. Malaclemys centrata concentrica (Shaw) Testudo concentrica Shaw Gen. Zool., Vol. 3, 1802, p. 43, pi. 9. Ji<\ 132 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 Malaclemmys centrata concentrica W. P. Hay Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., Vol. 24, 1904, p. 16. TYPE locality: Philadelphia markets. range: Coast strip from Buzzards Bay to North Carolina, Dela- ware and Chesapeake Bays. Malaclemys pileata pileata (Wied) Emys pileata Wied Nova Acta Ac. Leopold.-Carol., Vol. 32, 1865, p. 17, pi. 1, figs. 2, 3. Malaclemmys pileata W. P. Hay Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., Vol. 24, 1904, p. 17. TYPE locality: New Orleans, Louisiana. range: Coast from mouth of Mississippi River eastwards to Florida. Malaclemys pileata littoralis (W. P. Hay) Malaclemmys littoralis W. P. Hay Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., Vol. 24, 1904, p. 18, pis. 8, 9, 12, figs. 2, 3. Malaclemys pileata littoralis Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Kept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 117. type locality: Rockport, Texas. RANGE : Coast of Texas and outlying islands. Malaclemys pileata macrospilota (W. P. Hay) Malaclemmys macrospilota W. P. Hay Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., Vol. 24, 1904, p. 16, pis. 6, 7, 11, fig. 1. Malaclemys pileata macrospilota Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Kept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 117. type locality: Charlotte Harbor, Florida. RANGE : Western coast of Florida. Graptemys (GENUS) Agassiz, Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 436 type: geographica MAP-TURTLES Graptemys geographica (Le Sueur) Testudo geographica Le Sueur Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 1, Pt. 1, 1817, p. 86, pi. 5. Graptemys geographica Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 436. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 133 TYPE locality: Marsh on the border of Lake Erie. RANGE : Mississippi Valley north to Iowa, northern Illinois, southern Michigan, east to Pennsylvania and New York, south shore of Lake Ontario and Lake George and Lake Champlain; eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia, west to south- western Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, and northeastern Texas. Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica (Gray) Emys pseudogeographica Gray Syn. Rept., 1831, p. 31 ("Le Sueur" in synonymy). Graptemys pseudogeographica Gray Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, Vol. 12, Sept. 18G3, p. 180. type locality: Wabash River, New Harmony, Indiana. range: Mississippi Valley, east to Alabama and Ohio, north to Wisconsin and northern Iowa, west to eastern Kansas and Oklahom-a. Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii (Baur) Malacoclemmys kohnii Baur Science, Ser. 1, Vol. 16, Nov. 7, 1890, p. 263, Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Kept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 117. TYPE locality: Bayou Lafourche, B. Teche, and St, Martins- ville, Louisiana. RANGE : Gulf strip from Pensacola to eastern Texas. Graptemys pseudogeographica oculifera (Baur) Malacoclemmys ocidifera Baur Science, Ser. 1, Vol. 16, Nov. 7, 1890, p. 262. Graptemys pseudogeographica oculifera Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Kept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 118. TYPE locality: Mandeville, Louisiana, RANGE : Southern Louisiana, Chrysemys (GENUS) Gray, Cat. Tort. Brit. Mus., 1844, p. 27 TYPE: picta PAINTED TURTLES, SOLDIER TURTLES Chrysemys marginata marginata (Agassiz) Chrysemys marginata Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 439; Vol. 2, pi. 1, fig. 6, pi, 5, figs, 1-4, 134 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 TYPE locality: Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa. range: Central lowland, west to the Mississippi and the Mis- souri, north into Wisconsin, Michigan, and northern New York. Chrysemys marginata bellii (Gray) Emys bellii Gray Syn. Rept., 1831, p. 31. Chrysemys marginata bellii Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 118. TYPE locality: Unknown. range : Great plains west of the Mississippi, southwest into New Mexico and northern Mexico; northwest into Montana, the Columbia basin, British Columbia and Vancouver Island; northeast into northeastern Minnesota and upper Michigan. Chrysemys marginata dorsalis (Agassiz) Chrysemys dorsalis Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 440. Chrysemys marginata dorsalis Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 118. TYPE locality: Mississippi and Louisiana. RANGE : Mississippi Valley north to southern Missouri. Chrysemys marginata treleasei (Hurter) Chrysemys treleasei Hurter Trans. Ac. Sci. St. Louis, Vol. 20, July 28, 1911, p. 255, pi. 23, fig. 3, pi. 24. Chrysemys marginata treleasei Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 118. TYPE locality: St. Clair and Madison Counties, Illinois. range : St. Clair and Madison Counties, Illinois. Chrysemys picta (Schneider) Testudo picta Schneider Naturg. Schildkr., 1783, p. 348. Chrysemys picta (part) Gray Cat. Shield Rept. Brit. Mus., Ft. 1, March 8, 1856, p. 32. TYPE locality: Unknown, said to have been England. RANGE : Eastern North America from New Brunswick to Georgia. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 135 Pseudemys (GENUS) Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855 (Jan. 22, 1856), p. 197 TYPE : concinna SLIDERS OR COOTERS Pseudemys alabamensis Baur Pseudemys alabamensis Baur Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 31, July, 1893, p. 224. TYPE locality: Mobile Bay, Alabama. RANGE : Gulf coast from Florida to Louisiana. Pseudemys concimia (Le Conte) Testudo concinna Le Conte Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, Vol. 3, 1830, p. 106. Pseudemys concinna Gray Cat. Shield Kept. Brit. Mus., Pt. 1, March 8, 1856, p. 34. type locality: Rivers of Georgia and Carolina above Augusta and Columbia. RANGE : Eastern rivers from Georgia to southern Maryland. Pseudemys elegans (Wied) Emys elegans Wied Reise Nord-Amer., Vol. 1, Pt. 4, 1838, p. 213. Pseudemys elegans Cope Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, p. 53. type locality: New Harmony, Indiana. range: Southern Texas and Mississippi basin north to Iowa, northern Indiana and Ohio. Pseudemys floridana (Le Conte) Testudo floridana Le Conte Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, Vol. 3, 1830, p. 100. Pseudemys floridana Baur Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 31, 1893, p. 223. TYPE locality: St. John's River, Florida. range: Florida into southern Georgia. Pseudemys hieroglyphica (Holbrook) Emys hieroglyphica Holbrook N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. 1, 1836, p. 47, pi. 2. Pseudemys hieroglyphica H. Garman Bull. 111. Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. 3, 1892, p. 231. 136 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 TYPE locality: Cumberland River, Tennessee. RANGE : Rivers of southern Appalachians. Pseudemys ornata nebulosa (Van Denburgh) Chrysemys nehulosa Van Denburgh Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1895, p. 84, pis. 4-6. Pseudemys ornata nebulosa Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Eept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 120. TYPE locality: Los Dolores, abreast of San Jose Island, Lower California. range : Southern Lower California. Pseudemys rubriventris (Le Conte) Testudo ruhriventris Le Conte Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, Vol. 3, 1830, p. 101. Pseudemys ruhriventris Loennberg Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 17, Nov. 15, 1894, p. 318. TYPE locality: Delaware River, near Trenton, New Jersey. range : Atlantic coast from Florida to New Jersey; Plymouth, Massachusetts. Pseudemys scripta (Schoepff) Testudo scripta Schoepff Hist. Testud., Pts. 1-2, 1792, p. 16, pi. 3, figs. 4, 5. Pseudemys scripta Jordan Man. Vertebr. Anim. North. U. S., Ed. 8, 1899, p. 209. TYPE locality: Unknown. range : Georgia to North Carolina. Pseudemys texana Baur Pseudemys texana Baur Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, Vol. 31, July, 1893, p. 223. TYPE locality: San Antonio, Texas. RANGE : Southwestern Missouri, western Arkansas and Texas to northeastern Mexico. Pseudemys troostii (IIolbrook) Emys troostii Holbrook N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, Vol. 1, 1836, p. 55, pi. 4. Pseudemys troostii Cope Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, p. 53. TYPE locality: Cumberland River, Tennessee. RANGE : Mississippi Valley, north to northern Missouri and south- ern Indiana. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 137 Deirochelys (GENUS) Agassiz, Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 441 TYPE: reticulata = reticularia Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille) CHICKEN-TURTLE Testudo reticularia Latreille Hist. Nat. Rept., Vol. 1, 1802, p. 124. Deirochelys reticularia (part) Gray Suppl. Cat. Shield Kept. Brit. Mus., Pt. 1, 1870, p. 39. TYPE locality: Carolina. RANGE : Coastal plain from Beaufort, North Carolina, to and in- cluding the Mississippi alluvial plain; south to central Florida. Gopherus (GENUS) Rafinesque, Atlantic Journ., Vol. 1, No. 2, 1832, p. 64 type: poli/phemus GOPHER-TURTLES Gopherus agassizii (Cooper) Xerobates agassizii Cooper Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., Vol. 2, 1863, p. 120. Gopherus agassizii Stejneger N. Amer. Fauna, No. 7, May 31, 1893, p. 161. type locality: Mountains near Fort Mojave, California. RANGE : Deserts of southwestern Arizona, and southeastern Cali- fornia into Nevada. Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz) Xerobates berlandieri Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 447; Vol. 2, pi. 3, figs. 17-19. Gopherus berlandieri Stejneger N. Amer. Fauna, No. 7, May 31, 1893, p. 161. TYPE locality: Lower Rio Grande, Texas. range : Southwestern corner of Texas into northeastern Mexico. Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin) Testudo polyphemus Daudin Hist. Nat. Rept., Vol. 2, 1803, p. 258. Gopherus polyphemus Stejneger N. Amer. Fauna, No. 7, May 31, 1893, p. 161. TYPE locality: Savanna and Altamaha Rivers, Georgia. RANGE : Coast from southern South Carolina to Florida and the Mississippi River north into southern Arkansas. 138 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 CHELONIIDAE (FAMILY) Chelonia (GENUS) Latbeille, Hist. Nat. Rept., Vol. 1, 1802, p. 22 TYPE: mydas GREEN-TURTLES Chelonia agassizii Bocourt Chelonia agassizii Bocourt Ann. Sci. Nat., Ser. 5, Zool., Vol. 10, Pts. 1-3, 1868, p. 122. TYPE LOCALITY : Guatemala, mouth of Nagualate in the Pacific. range: Pacific Ocean, north to coasts of Lower California and southern California. Chelonia mydas (Linne) Testudo mydas Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 197. Chelonia mydas Schweigger Konigsberg. Arch. Naturw. Math., Vol. 1, 1812, Pt. 3, p. 412. TYPE locality: Ascension Island, etc. range: Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Mexico, occasionally as far north as Massachusetts. Eretmochelys (GENUS) FiTZiNGER, Syst. Rept., 1843, p. 30 type: imbricata shell-turtles, hawks-bills Eretmochelys imbricata (Linne) Testudo imbricata Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 350. Eretmochelys imbricata Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 381. TYPE locality: American seas. range: Florida and Gulf coasts; occasionally as far north as Massachusetts. Eretmochelys squamosa (Girard) Caretta squamosa Girard U. S. Expl. Exped., Herp., 1858, p. 442, pi. 30, figs. 1-7. Eretmochelys squamosa Stejneger Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 58, 1907, p. 511. TYPE locality: Sulu Seas and Lidian Ocean. range : Pacific Ocean; coast of Lower California. CHECK LIST N. AMER. .\MPH, REPT. 139 Caretta (GENUS) Rafinesque, Specchio Sci., Palermo, Vol. 2, No. 9, Sept. 1, 1814, p. 66 type: nasuta = caretta LOGGERHEAD TURTLES Caretta caretta (Linne) Testudo caretta Linne Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 197. Caretta caretta Stejneger Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1902 (1904), p. 715. TYPE locality: "About the American Islands." RANGE : Atlantic Ocean, breeding as far north as Beaufort, North Carolina; north occasionally to coast of Massachusetts. Caretta kempii (Garman) BASTARD-TURTLE Thalassochelys (Colpochelys) kempii Garman Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 6, 1880, p. 123. Caretta kempii Siebenrock Zool. Jahrb. Suppl., Vol. 10, Pt. 3, 1909, p. 551. TYPE locality: Gulf of Mexico. RANGE : Northeastern part of Gulf of Mexico north to Cape Hat- teras, and accidentally to the coast of Massachusetts. Caretta olivacea (Eschscholtz) Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz Zool. Atlas, Pt. 1, 1829, p. 2, pi. 3. Caretta olivacea Rueppell Neue Wirbelth. Abyssin., Amph., 1835, p. 7. TYPE locality: Manila Bay, p. I. RANGE : Tropical Pacific straggling to the California coast. DERMOCHELIDAE (FAMILY) Dermochelys (GENUS) Blainvtlle, Bull. Soc. Philora. Paris, 1816, p. Ill bis [= 119] type: coriacea Dermochelys coriacea (Linne) Testudo coriacea Linn^ Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 350. Dermochelys coriacea Boulenger Cat. Chel. Brit. Mus., 1889, p. 10. 140 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 TYPE locality: Mediterranean Sea. range: Atlantic Ocean; occasionally on entire coast as far north as Maine. Dermochelys schlegelii (Garman) Sphargis coriacea var. schlegelii Garman Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 25, 1884, p. 303. Dermochelys schlegelii Stejneger Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 58, 1907, p. 485. TYPE locality: Tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean. range : Tropical Pacific Ocean; coasts of Lower California and southern California. TRIONYCHIDAE (FAMILY) Amyda (GENUS) Oken, Lehrb. Zool., Vol. 2, 1816, p. 348 type: euphratica SOFT-SHELLED TURTLES Amyda emoryi (Agassiz) Aspidonectes emoryi Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 407; Vol. 2, pi. 6, figs. 4, 5. Amyda emoryi Stejneger and Barbour Check List N. Amer. Amph. Kept., Ed. 1, 1917, p. 124. TYPE locality: Rio Grande River, near Brownsville, Texas. range: Rivers of Texas, north into southern Oklahoma and Arkansas, Amyda ferox (Schneider) Testudo ferox Schneider Naturg. Schildkr., 1783, p. 330. Amyda ferox Oken Lehrb. Zool., Vol. 2, 1816, p. 348. TYPE locality: Savanna River, Georgia. range : South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. Amyda mutica (Le Sueur) Trionyx viuticus Le Sueur Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. 15, Dec. 1827, p. 263, pi. 7. Amyda mutica Agassiz Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 399. CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 141 TYPE locality: Wabash River at New Harmony, Indiana. range: Middle and northern tributaries of the Mississippi and St. Lawrence Rivers. Amyda spinifera (Le Sueur) Trionyx spiniferus Le Sueur Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. 15, Dec. 1827, p. 258, pi. 6. Amyda spinifera Hurter Trans. Ac. Sci. St. Louis, Vol. 20, 1911, p. 251. TYPE locality: Wabash River at New Harmony, Indiana. range: Mississippi River and tributaries, west to Colorado, north to Montana; St. Lawrence River and tributaries; east to Vermont, western New York, and Pennsylvania. ..^\ INDEX INDEX abacura, Farancia, 81. abacurus, Coluber, 81. Abastor, 81. erythrogrammus, 81. Acris, 27. gryllus, 27. acutus, Crocodilus, 39. Crocodylus, 39. adamanteus, Cro talus, 122. Adder, puffing, 84. spreading, 84. aeneus, Aneides, 17. Plethodon, 18. aesopus, Rana, 33. aestivus. Coluber, 85. Cyclophis, 86. Opheodrys, 85. agalma, Lampropeltis, 97. Agama collar Is, 43. cornuta, 61. coronata, 61. douglassii, 61. agassizii, Chelonia, 138. Gopherus, 137. Xerobates, 137. Agkishodon mokasen, 120. Agkistrodon, 120. mokasen, 120. piscivorus, 121. alabamensis, Pseudemys, 135. albus, Scaphiopus, 23. alleganiensis, Cryptobranchus, 3. Salamandra, 3. alleghaniensis, Cryptobranchus, 3. allegheniensis, Cryptobranchus, 3. alleni, Helicops, 112. Liodytes, 112. allenii, Liodytes, 112. Alligator, 39. missisipensis, 39. mississipiensis, 39. mississippiensis, 40. alligator, Lacerta, 39. Alligator-snapper, 128. alterna, Lampropeltis, 97. alternus, Ophibolus, 97. alvarius, Bufo, 23. amabilis, Diadophis, 82. amaura, Lampropeltis, 101. Amblystoma annulatimi, 4. aterrimum, 7. cingulatum, 4. decorticatum, 5. jeffersonianum, 5. macrodactylum, 5. microstomum, 6. opacum, 6. paroticum, 6. punctatum, 5. talpoideum, 6. texanum, 7. tigrinum, 7. Ambystoma, 4. annulatum, 4. aterrimum, 7. cingulatum, 4. decorticatum, 5. epixanthum, 5. jeffersoniana, 5. jefTersonianum, 5. macrodactyla, 5. macrodactylum, 5. maculatum, 5. microstomum, 6. opaca, 6. opacum, 6. paroticum, 6. talpoideum, 6. tenebrosum, 8. texanum, 7. tigrina, 7. tigrinum, 7. Ambystomidae, 4. Ameiva tesselata, 73. U6 146 INDEX American toad, 24. americanus, Bufo, 24. Crocodilus, 39. Amoebopsis gilberti, 67. amoena, Carphophis, 80. amoenus, Carphophiops, 81. Coluber, 80. Amphiardis, 111. inornatus. 111. Amphibia, 1. Amphiuma, 2. means, 2. tridactylum, 2. Amphiumidae, 2. Amy da, 140. emoryi, 140. ferox, 140. mutica, 140. spinifera, 141. Anaides ferreus, 18. Ancistrodon contortrix, 121. piscivorus, 121. Anderson tree-frog, 29. andersonii, Hyla, 29. Aneides, 17. aeneus, 17. farallonensis, 18. ferreus, 18. iecanus, 18. lugubris, 18. Anguidae, 64. Anguis platura, 120. ventralis, 64. angustirostris, Eutaenia, 112. Thamnophis, 112. angustus, Sator, 54. annectens, Pituophis, 94. Anniella, 66. nigra, 66. Anniellidae, 66. annulata, Lampropeltis, 101. Osceola, 101. annulatum, Amblystoma, 4. Amby stoma, 4. annulatus, Linguaelapsus, 4. Anolis, 42. carolinensis, 42. Anolius carolinensis, 42. Anota maccallii, 62. Anota m'callii, 62. modesta, 63. platyrhina, 68. anthonyi, Bascanion, 86. Coluber, 86. Diadophis, 83. anthracinus, Eumeces, 74. Plestiodon, 74. approximans, Holbrookia, 48. arenicolor, Hyla, 29. areolata, Engystoma, 37. Gastrophryne, 37. Rana, 33. Arizona, 94. elegans, 94. arizonae, Diadophis, 84. arnyi, Diadophis, 83. Aromochelys carinata, 126. Ascaphus, 22. truei, 22. Aspidonectes emoryi, 140. ater, Sauromalus, 45. aterrimum, Amblystoma, 7. Ambystoma, 7. Dicamptodon, 7. aterrimus, Chondrotus, 7. Dicamptodon, 7. atrata, Eutainia, 114. atratus, Thamnophis, 114. atrox, Crotalus, 122. attenuata, Salamandrina, 8. attenuatus, Batrachoseps, 8. auriculata, Desmognathus, 19. Salamandra, 19. Uta, 50. auriculatus, Desmognathus, 19. aurigulus. Coluber, 86. Drymobius, 86. Zamenis, 86. aurora, Rana, 34. Autodax farallonensis, 18, ferreus, 18. iecanus, 18. lugubris, 18. bacatus, Cnemidophorus, 70. baileyi, Crotaphytus, 44. bairdi. Coluber, 90. INDEX 147 bairdi, Elaphe. 90. bairdii, Coluber, 90. Ball-snake, 80. Banded rattlesnake, 124. barboiiri. Coluber, 86. Barissia, 66. levicollis, 66. bartolomas, Cnemidophoru.s, 70. Bascanion anthonyi, 80. Bascanium piceum, 87. semilineatum, 88. Bastard-turtle, 139. Batrachoseps, 8. attenuatus, 8. catalinae, 8. caudatus, 9. leucopus, 9. major, 9. pacificus, 9. baudinii, Hyla, 29. Smilisca, 29. baurii, Cinosternum, 127. Kinosternon, 127. becki, Sceloporus, 57. beldingi, Verticaria, 69. bellii, Chrysemys, 134. Emys, 134. Bellophis zonatus, 100. berlandieri, Gopherus, 137. Xerobates, 137. bilineatus, Spelerpes, 15. Bipedidae, 78. Bipes, 78. biporus, 78. biporus, Bipes, 78. Euchirotes, 78. biscutata, Eutaenia, 114. biscutatus, Thamnophis, 114. bi-seriatus, Sceloporus, 57. bislineata, Eurycea, 15. Salamandra, 15. Black rattlesnake, 124. Black-snake, 86. pilot, 91. blainvillei, Phrynosoma, 00. blainvillii, Phrynosoma, 60. blandingii, Cistudo, 130. Emys, 130. Blanding's turtle, 130. Blind eel, 2. Blue racer, 87. Blue-tailed skink, 75. Boa contortrix, 84. Boidae, 79. Boomer, mountain, 43. boreas, Bufo, 24. bottae, Charina, 80. Tortrix, 80. Box-turtles, 130. boylii, Lampropeltis, 98. Ophibolus, 98. Rana, 34. Brevicipitidae, 37. brevicorne, Phrynosoma, 60. brevicornis, Phrynosoma, 60. brevilineatus, Eumeces, 75. brevirostre, Phrynosoma, 00. brevirostris, Tapaya, 60. brevis, Coleonyx, 41. brimleyorum, Desmognathus, 19. brooksi, Lampropeltis, 99. browni, Heterodon, 84. Phyllorhynchus. 89. Bufo, 23. alvarius, 23. americanus, 24. boreas, 24. californicus, 25. canorus, 24. cognatiis, 24. columbiensis, 24. compactilis, 25. debilis, 25. fowleri, 25. halophila, 24. halophilus, 24. hemiophrys, 25. lentiginosus, 26. punctatus, 26. quercicus, 26. terrestris, 26. valliceps, 26. woodhousei, 27. woodhousii, 27. Bufonidae, 23. Bull-snake, 96. western, 94. Bullfrog, 35. 148 INDEX burnettii, Gerrhonotus, 64. butleri, Eutaenia, 112. Thamnophis, 112. butlerii, Eutaenia, 112. caerulea, Verticaria, 68. Calamaria tenuis, 102. Calamita cinereus, 30. California newt, 3. californiae. Coluber, 97. Lampropeltis, 97. Ophibolus, 97. Ophis, 97. calif ornicus, Bufo, 25. calligaster. Coluber, 97. Lampropeltis, 97. Ophibolus, 97. Callisaurus, 46. crinitus, 46. draconoides, 46. gabbii, 47. inusitatus, 47. myiu-us, 47. splendidus, 46. ventralis, 47. campi, Holbrookia, 48. Syrrhophus, 33. cana, Ficimia, 104. canadensis, Hyla, 28. Canebrake rattlesnake, 124. canorus, Bufo, 24. cantabrigensis, Rana, 35. canum, Gyalopion, 104. Gyalopium, 104. canus, Cnemidophorus, 70. Caretta, 139. caretta, 139. kempii, 139. olivacea, 139. squamosa, 138. caretta, Caretta, 139. Testudo, 139. carinata, Aromochelys, 126. carina tum, Kinosternon, 126. carinatus, Sternotherus, 126. carmenensis, Dipso-saurus, 43. Carolina, Terrapene,130. Testudo, 130. carolinense, Engystoma, 38. carolinensis, Anolis, 42. Anolius, 42. Desmognathus, 19. Gastrophryne, 38. Hyla, 30. Carphophiops amoenus, 81. vermis, 81. Carphophis, 80. amoena, 80. vermis, 81. catalinae, Batrachoseps, 8. catalinensis, Cnemidophorus, 70. Dipso-saurus, 43. Lampropeltis, 98. catenatus, Crotalinus, 121. Sistrurus, 121. catenifer. Coluber, 94. Pituophis, 94. Pityophis, 94. catesbeiana, Rana, 35. catesbiana, Rana, 35. Caudata, 1. Cauda tus, Batrachoseps, 9. Caudisona enyo, 123. lepida, 124. mitchellii, 124. celaenops, Lampropeltis, 102. celeripes, Cnemidophorus, 70. Celuta vermis, 81. Cemophora, 103. coccinea, 103. centrata, Malaclemys, 131. Testudo, 131. ceralbensis, Verticaria, 68. cerastes, Crotalus, 123. cerroense, Phrynosoma, 60. Chain-snake, 98. Chameleon, 42. Charina, 80. bottae, 80. utahensis, 80. Chelonia, 138. agassizii, 138. my das, 138. olivacea, 139. Cheloniidae, 138. Chelonura temminckii, 128. Chelydra, 128. osceola, 128. INDEX 149 Chelydra serpentina, 129. Chelydridae, 128. Chicken-snake, 92. Chicken-turtle, 137. Chilomeniscus, 105. cinctus, 105. ephippicus, 105. punctatissimus, 105. stramineus, 105. Chionactis isozonus, 104. occipitalis, 103. taylorii, 104. chlorosoma. Coluber, 90. Elaphe, 90. Chondrotus aterrimus, 7. cingulatus, 4. decorticatus, 5. microstomus, 6. paroticus, 6. texanus, 7. Chorophilus feriarum, 27. nigritus, 28. occidentalis, 28. ocularis, 28. ornatus, 28. septentrionalis, 28. triseriatus, 29. Chrysemys, 133. bellii, 134. dorsalis, 134. marginata, 133. nebulosa, 136. picta, 134. treleasei, 134. chrysoscelis, Hyla, 32. Chuck-walla, 45. cinctus, Chilomeniscus, 105. cinerea, Hyla, 30. Salamandra, 10. cinereus, Calamita, 30. Plethodon, 10. Sphaerodactylus, 41. cingulatum, Amblystoma, 4. Ambystoma, 4. cingulatus, Chondrotus, 4. Cinosternum baurii, 127. flavescens, 127. steindachneri, 127. cirrigera, Eurycea, 16. cirrigera, Spelerpes, 16. Cistudo blandingii, 130. major, 131. ornata, 131. triunguis, 130. clamata, Rana, 35. clamitans, Rana, 35. clarionensis, Uta, 50. clarkii, Natrix, 106. Regina, 106. Sceloporus, 54, 57. Clemmys, 129. guttata, 129. insculpta, 129. marmorata, 129. muhlenbergii, 130. Cnemidophorus, 70. bacatus, 70. bartolomas, 70. canus, 70. catalinensis, 70. celeripes, 70. dickersonae, 70. disparilis, 71. estebanensis, 71. grahamii, 71. gularis, 71. hyperythrus, 69. labialis, 71. martyris, 71. maximus, 72. melanostethus, 72. multiscutatus, 72. mundus, 73. perplexus, 72. punctilinealis, 72. rubidus, 73. sexlineatus, 73. stejnegeri, 73. stejnegerii, 74. tessellatus, 73. vandenburghi, 74. Coach whip, 87. coccinea, Cemophora, 103. Osceola, 101. coccineus. Coluber, 103. coeruleus, Gerrhonotus, 64. cognatus, Bufo, 24. Coleonyx, 41. 150 INDEX Coleonyx brevis, 41. variegatus, 42. Collared lizard, 43. coUaris, Agama, 43. Crotaphytus, 43, 44. Colpochelys kempii, 139. Coluber, 86. abacurus, 81. aestivus, 85. amoenus, 80. anthonyi, 86. aurigulus, 86. bairdi, 90. bairdii, 90. barbouri, 86. californiae, 97. calligaster, 97. catenifer, 94. chlorosoma, 90. coccineus, 103. confinis, 91. constrictor, 86. couperi, 93. edwardsii, 83. elapsoides, 98. emoryi, 91. eques, 113. erythrogrammus, 81. fasciatus, 108. flagellum, 87. flaviventris, 87. fulvius, 120. getulus, 98. girardi, 89. guttatus, 90. infernalis, 117. laetus, 91. lateralis, 88. melanoleucus, 95. mormon, 87. obsoletus, 91, 92. occipito-maculatus, 110. ornatus, 89. parietalis, 117. piceus, 87. planiceps, 119. proximus, 115. punctatus, 83. quadrivittatus, 92. Coluber rliombomaculatus, 100. rigidus, 107. rosaceus, 92. rosaliae, 92. ruthveni, 88. saurita, 116. sayi, 96. schotti, 88. semilineatus, 88. septemvittatus, 107. simus, 85. sipedon, 108. sirtalis, 116. striatulus. 111. subocularis, 92. taeniatus, 88. triangulum, 101. vernalis, 85. vertebralis, 96. vulpinus, 93. zonatus, 100. Colubridae, 80. columbiensis, Bufo, 24. Common newt, 4. snapper, 129. compactilis, Bufo, 25. compressicauda, Natrix, 106. Nerodia, 106. Compsosoma couperii, 93. concentrica, Malaclemmys, 132. Malaclemys, 131. Testudo, 131. concinna, Eutaenia, 117. Pseudemys, 135. Testudo, 135. Uta, 50. concinnus, Thamnophis, 116. Tropidonotus, 116. confinis. Coluber, 91. Elaphe, 91. Scotophis, 91. confluens, Natrix, 108. confluentus, Crotalus, 123. Congo eel, 2. snake, 2. Coniophanes, 117. imperialis, 117. conjuncta, Lampropeltis, 99. consobrinus, Sceloporus, 54. INDEX 151 constrictor, Coluber, 86. Crotalus atrox, 122. Zamenis, 87. cerastes, 123. Contia, 102. confluentus, 123. mitis, 102. elegans, 122. pygaea, 109. enyo, 123. taylori, 104. exsul, 124. tenuis, 102. goldmani, 124. contortrix, Ancistrodon, 121. horridus, 124. Boa, 84. lepidus, 124. Heterodon, 84. lucasensis, 123. Cooters, 135. lucifer, 125. Cophosaurus texanus, 49. miliarius, 122. Copperhead, 120. mitchellii, 124. Coral-snakes, 119. molossus, 125. Cordylus multi-carinatus, 64. oreganus, 125. coriacea, Dermochelys, 139. piscivorus, 121. Testudo, 139. pricei, 125. Corn-snake, 90. ruber, 124. cornuta, Agama, 61. scutulatus, 122. cornutum, Phrynosoma, 61. tigris, 125. coronata, Agama, 61. tortugensis, 125. Tantilla, 118. willardi, 126. corona turn, Phrynosoma, 61. Crotaphytus, 43. Costata, 22. baileyi, 44. Cotton-mouth moccasin, 121. collaris, 43, 44. couchii, Eutaenia, 115. dickersonae, 44. 3%^ Eutainia, 114. dorsalis, 43. Scaphiopus, 22. insularis, 44. Sceloporus, 55. reticulatus, 44. Thamnophis, 114. silus, 44. couperi. Coluber, 93. wislizenii, 44, 45. Drymarchon, 93. crucifer, Hyla, 30. couperii, Compsosoma, 93. Cryptobranchidae, 3. Cricket-frog, 27. Cryptobranchus, 3. crinitus, Callisaurus, 46. alleganiensis, 3. croceater, Ensatina, 12. alleghaniensis, 3. Plethodon, 12. allegheniensis, 3. Crocodile, 39. Ctenosaura, 42. Crocodilus acutus, 39. hemilopha, 42. americanus, 39. multispinis, 42. mississipiensis, 39. cimeus, Hypopachus, 38. crocodilus, Lacerta, 39. Cyclophis aestivus, 86. Crocodylidae, 39. cyclopion, Natrix, 106. Crocodylus, 39. Tropidonotus, 106. acutus, 39. cyclopium, Natrix, 106. Crotalinus catenatus, 121. Cyclura hemilopha, 42. Crotalophorus edwardsii, 121. Crotalus, 122. danieisi, Gyrinophilus, 13. adamanteus, 122. Spelerpes, 13. 152 INDEX debilis, Bufo, 25. decorticatum, Amblystoma, 5. Ambystoma, 5. decorticatus, Chondrotus, 5. decurtata, Phimothyra, 90. decurtatus, Phyllorhynchus, 90. Deirochelys, 137. reticularia, 137. dekayi, Storeria, 110. Tropidonotus, 110. DeKay's snake, 110. Dermochelidae, 139. Dermochelys, 139. coriacea, 139. schlegelii, 140. deserticola, Pituophis, 95. Desmognathus, 19. auriciilata, 19. aiiriculatus, 19. brimleyorum, 19. carolinensis, 19. fusca, 19. fuscus, 19. monticola, 20. ochrophaea, 19. ochrophaeus, 19. phoca, 20. quadra-macidatus, 20. quadrimaculata, 20. Diadophis, 82. amabilis, 82. anthonyi, 83. arizonae, 84. arnyi, 83. edwardsii, 83. occidentalis, 82. pulchellus, 82. punctatus, 83. regalis, 84. similis, 82. stictogenys, 83. vandenburghi, 82. Diamond-back rattler, 122. terrapins, 131. Diapsida, 39. Dicamptodon, 7. aterrimum, 7. aterrimus, 7. ensatus, 7. dickersonae, Cnemidophorus, 70. Crotaphytus, 44. Diemyctylus meridionalis, 3. torosus, 3. viridescens, 4. Diplodactylus unctus, 41. Dipsas septentrionalis, 118. Dipso-saurus, 43. carmenensis, 43. catalinensis, 43. dorsalis, 43. lucasensis, 43. Discoglossidae, 22. disparilis, Cnemidophorus, 71. Sceloporus, 55. Disteiridae, 120. ditmarsi, Phrynosoma, 61. dorsalis, Chrysemys, 134. Crotaphytus, 43. Dipso-saurus, 43. Plethodon, 10. Salamandra, 4. Triturus, 4. douglasii, Phrynosoma, 61. douglassii, Agama, 61. Phrynosoma, 61. draconoides, Callisaiurus, 46. draytoni, Rana, 34. draytonii, Rana, 34. Dromicus flavilatus, 96, Drymarchon, 93. couperi, 93. melaniu-us, 94. Drymobius, 93. aurigulus, 86. margaritiferus, 93. dulcis, Glauconia, 79. Leptotyphlops, 79. Rena, 79. Dusky salamander, 10. Dwarf salamander, 14. Ebbet, 4. edwardsii, Coluber, 83. Crotalophorus, 121. Diadophis, 83. Sistrurus, 121. Eel, blind, 2. Congo, 2. INDEX 153 Eel, mud, 21. Eft, red, 4. egregius, Eumeces, 75. Plestiodon, 75. eiseni, Tantilla, 118. Elaphe, 90. bairdi, 90. chlorosoma, 90. confinis, 91. guttata, 90. laetV\ 160 INDEX Milk-snake, 101. Mink-frog, 36. minor, Goniochelys, 126. Sternotherus, 126. missisipensis. Alligator, 39. mississipiensis. Alligator, 39. Crocodilus, 39. mississippiensis. Alligator, 40. mitchellii, Caudisona, 124. Crotalus, 124. mitis, Contia, 102. Moccasin, cotton-mouth, 121. salt-water, 106. modesta, Anota, 63. modestum, Phrynosoma, 63. mokasen, Agkishodon, 120. Agkistrodon, 120. Mole salamander, 6. snake, 100. molossus, Crotalus, 125. monserratensis, Sceloporus, 57. montana, Eurycea, 14. montanus, Pseudotriton, 14. Spelerpes, 14. monticola, Desmognathus, 20. Moon-snake, 107. mormon. Coluber, 87. Mountain boomer, 43. Mud-eel, 21. Mud-snake, 81. Mud-turtles, 127. Mudpuppy, 1. mugitus, Pituophis, 96. mulilenbergii, Clemmys, 130. Testudo, 130. multi-carinatus, Cordylus, 64. Gerrhonotus, 64, 65. multicincta, Lampropeltis, 100. multicinctus, Ophibolus, 100. multiplicata, Eurycea, 17. multiplicatus, Spelerpes, 17. multiscutatus, Cnemidophorus, 72. multispinis, Ctenosaura, 42. multivirgatum, Plestiodon, 76. multivLrgatus, Eumeces, 76. mundus, Cnemidophorus, 73. muscosa, Rana, 34. Musk-turtles, 126, 127. Mutabilia, 2. mutica, Amyda, 140. muticus, Trionyx, 140. mydas, Chelonia, 138. Testudo, 138. myurus, Callisaurus, 47. nasicus, Heterodon, 85. Natrix, 106. clarkii, 106. compressicauda, 106. confluens, 108. cyclopion, 106. cyclopium, 106. erythrogaster, 108. fasciata, 108. fulvi venter, 108. grahamii, 106. kirtlandii, 107. leberis, 107. pictiventris, 108. rhombifera, 107. rigida, 107. septemvittata, 107. sipedon, 108. taxispilota, 109. transversa, 109. valida, 109. nebulosa, Chrysemys, 136. Pseudemys, 136. Necturidae, 1. Necturus, 1. maculosus, 1. punctatus, 1. nelsoni, Phrynosoma, 63. Neoseps, 78. reynoldsi, 78. Nerodia compressicauda, 106. Newt, California, 3. common, 4. giant, 3. niger, Lampropeltis, 99. Ophibolus, 99. nigra, Anniella, 66. Lampropeltis, 99. nigricauda, Uta, 51. nigriceps, Tantilla, 119. nigrita, Pseudacris, 27. Rana, 27. nigritus, Chorophilus, 28. INDEX 161 nitida, Lampropeltis, 97. nitidus, Pseudotriton, 15. nobilis, Elgaria, 65. Gerrhonotus, 65. nolascensis, Uta, 52. notata, Uma, 47. notatus, Sphaerodactylus, 41. Notophthalmus torosus, 3. viridescens, 4. vittatus, 4. obesus, Euphryne, 45. Sauromalus, 45. obsoleta, Elaphe, 1)1. obsoletum, Plestiodon, 76. obsoletus. Coluber, 91. Elaphis, 91. Eumeces, 76. occidentalis, Chorophilus, 28. Diadophis, 82. Litoria, 28. Pseudacris, 28. Sceloporus, 57. occipitale, Rhinostoma, 103. occipitalis, Chionactis, 103. Sonora, 103. occipito-niaculata, Storeria, 110. occipito-maculatus. Coluber, 110. ochrophaea, Desmognathus, 19. ochrophaeu.s, Desmognathus, 19. ochrorhyncha, Hypsiglena, 104. ochrorhynchus, Hypsiglena, 104. ocularis, Chorophilus, 28. Hylodes, 28. Pseudacris, 28. oculifera, Graptemys, 133. Malacoclemmys, 133. odorata, Testudo, 127. odoratum, Kinosternon, 127. odoratus, Sternothaerus, 127. Sternotherus, 127. olivacea, Caretta, 139. Chelonia, 139. olympicus, Ranodon, 8. Rhyacotriton, 8. onca, Rana, 35. opaca, Ambystoma, 6. Salaniandra, 6. opacum. Amblystoma, 6. opacum, Ambystoma, 6. Opheodrys, 85. aestivus, 85. Ophibolus alternus, 97. boylii, 98. californiae, 97. calligaster, 97. gentilis, 101. getulus, 98. multicinctus, 100. niger, 99. pyromelanus, 100. pyrrhomelas, 100. rhombomaculatus, 101. sayi, 99. splendidus, 99. syspilus, 102. Ophis californiae, 97. Ophisaurus, 64. ventralis, 64. orcutti, Sceloporus, 58. orcuttii, Sceloporus, 58. ordinoides, Eutaenia, 113. Thamnophis, 113. Tropidonotus, 113. oreganus, Crotalus, 125. oregonensis, Plethodon, 12. ornata, Cistudo, 131. Pseudacris, 28. Rana, 28. Terrapene, 131. Uta, 52. ornatissima, Tapaya, 62. ornatissimum, Phrynosoma, 62. ornatum, Phrynosoma, 62. ornatus, Chorophilus, 28. Coluber, 89. Masticophis, 89. Zamenis, 89. Osceola annulata, 101. coccinea, 101. elapsoidea, 98. gentilis, 102. syspila, 102. triangula, 101. osceola, Chelydra, 128. pachyurus, Eumeces, 76. Paci6c tree-toad, 31. 162 INDEX pacificum, Hemidactylium, 9. pacificus, Batrachoseps, 9. Painted turtles, 133. palmeri, Gerrhonotus, 65. Uta, 52. palmerii, Gerrhonotus, 65. Uta, 52. palustris, Rana, 36. parietalis. Coluber, 117. Eutaenia, 117. Thamnophis, 117. paroticum, Amblystoma, 6. Ambystoma, 6. paroticus, Chondrotus, 6. parviscutata, Uta, 51. Patch-nose snake, 89. Peeper, spring, 30. Pelamydrus, 120. pla turns, 120. pensilvanicum, Kinosternon, 128. perplexus, Cnemidophorus, 72. phaeocrj-pta, Hyla, 31. Phimothyra deciu-tata, 90. hexalepis, 89. phoca, Desmognathus, 20. Salamandra, 20. Phrynosoma, 60. blainvillei, 60. blainvillii, 60. brevicorne, 60. brevicornis, 60. brevirostre, 60. cerroense, 60. cornutum, 61. coronatum, 61. ditmarsi, 61. douglasii, 61. douglassii, 61. frontale, 60. frontalis, 60. hernandesi, 61. jamesi, 62. maccallii, 62. m'callii, 62. modestum, 63. nelsoni, 63. ornatissimum, 62. ornatum, 62. platyrhinos, 63. Phrynosoma schmidti, 63. solare, 63. Solaris, 63. Phyllodactylus, 40. tuberculosus, 40. unctus, 41. Phyllorhynchus, 89. browni, 89. decurtatus, 90. piceum, Bascanion, 87. piceus, Coluber, 87. Zamenis, 87. Pickerel-frog, 36. pickeringii, Hyla, 30. picta, Chrysemys, 134. Testudo, 134. Verticaria, 69. pictiventris, Natrix, 108. pileata, Emys, 132. Malaclemmys, 132. Malaclemys, 132. Pilot black-snake, 91. Pine-lizard, 59. southern Florida, 59. Pine-snake, 95. pipiens, Rana, 36. piscivorus, Agkistrodon, 121. Ancistrodon, 121. Crotalus, 121. Pituophis, 94. annectens, 94. catenifer, 94. deserticola, 95. heermanni, 95. melanoleucus, 95. mugitus, 96. rutilus, 95. sayi, 96. stejnegeri, 95. vertebralis, 96. Pityophis catenifer, 94. heermanni, 95. melanoleucus, 95. sayi, 96. vertebralis, 96. planiceps. Coluber, 119. Tantilla, 119. platura, Anguis, 120. pla turns, Pelamydrus, 120. INDEX 163 platycephala, Eurycea, 17. Hydromantes, 17. platycephalus, Hydromantes, 17. Spelerpes, 17. platyrhina, Anota, 63. platjrhinos, Phrynosoma, 63. platjThinus, Heterodon, 84. Platythyra flavescens, 127. Plestiodon anthracinus, 74. egregius, 75. longirostris, 76. multivirgatum, 76. obsoletum, 76. septentrionalis, 77. skiltonianum, 77. tetragrammus, 77. Plethodon. 10. aeneus, 18. cinereus, 10. croceater, 12. dorsalis, 10. elongatus, 10. eschscholtzii, 12. glutinosus, 10. iecanus, 18. intermedius, 11. jordani, 11. metcalfi, 11. oregonensis, 12. shermani, 11. vandykei, 11. wehrlei, 12. yonahlossee, 12. Plethodontidae, 8. pluvialis, Eumeces, 77. poinsettii, Sceloporus, 59. polyphemus, Gopherus, 137. Testudo, 137. porphyritica, Salamandra, 13. porphyriticus, GjTinophilus, IS. Potamophis, 111. striatulus. 111. Prairie rattler, 123. pretiosa, Rana, 36. pricei, Crotalus, 125. principis, Elgaria, 65. Gerrhonotus, 65. propinqua, Holbrookia, 49. Proteida, 1. proxima, Eutaenia, 115. Thamnophis, 115. proximus. Coluber, 115. Thamnophis, 115. Pseudacris, 27. feriarum, 27. nigrita, 27. occidentalis, 28. ocularis, 28. ornata, 28. septentrionalis, 28. triseriata, 29. Pseudemys, 135. alabamensis, 135. concinna, 135, elegans, 135. floridana, 135. hieroglyphica, 135. nebulosa, 136. rubriventris, 136. scripta, 136. texana, 136. troostii, 136. Pseudobranchus, 21. stria tus, 21. pseudogeographica, Emys, 133. Graptemys, 133. Pseudotriton, 14. flavissimus, 14. marginatus, 13. montanus, 14. nitidus, 15. ruber, 15. schencki, 15. Puffing adder, 84. pulchellus, Diadophis, 82. pulchra, Holbrookia, 49. punctatissimus, Chilomeniscus, 105. pimctatum, Amblystoma, 5. punctatus, Bufo, 26. Coluber, 83. Diadophis, 83. Menobranchus, 1. Necturus, 1. punctilinealis, Cnemidophorus, 72. pygaea, Contia, 109. Seminatrix, 109. pyromelana, Lampropeltis, 100. pyromelanus, Ophibolus, 100. 164 INDEX pyrrhomelaena, Lampropeltis, 100. pyrrhomelas, Ophibolus, 100. quadra-maculata, Salamandra, 20. quadra-maculatus, Desmognathus, 20. quadridigitata, Salamandra, 14. quadridigitatus, Manculus, 14. quadrimaculata, Desmognathus, 20. quadrivittata, Elaphe, 92. quadrivittatus. Coluber, 92. Elaphis, 92. Queen-snake, 107. quercicus, Bufo, 26. quinquelineatus, Eumeces, 75. Racer, blue, 87. western, 87. radix, Eutaenia, 116. Eutainia, 115. Thamnophis, 115. Rain-toad, 31. Rainbow-snake, 81. Rana, 33. aesopus, 33. areolata, 33. am-ora, 34. boylii, 34. cantabrigensis, 35. catesbeiana, 35. catesbiana, 35. clamata, 35. clamitans, 35. draytoni, 34. draytonii, 34. grylio, 35. gryllus, 27. holbrookii, 23. latiremis, 35. luteiventris, 36. muscosa, 34. nigrita, 27. onca, 35. ornata, 28. palustris, 36. pipiens, 36. pretiosa, 36. septentrionalis, 36. sierrae, 34. silvatica, 37. Rana sphenocephala, 37. sylvatica, 37. virescens, 36. virgatipes, 37. Ranidae, 33. Ranodon olympicus, 8. rathbuni, Typhlomolge, 2. Rattler, diamond-back, 122. ground, 122. prairie, 123. Rattlesnake, banded, 124. black, 124. canebrake, 124. timber, 124. Rattlesnakes, 122. Red eft, 4. salamander, 15. Red-bellied snake, 110. Redbacked salamander, 10. regalis, Diadophis, 84. regilla, Hyla, 31. Regina clarkii, 106. grahamii, 106. kirtlandii, 107. valida, 109. remifer, Manculus, 14. Rena dulcis, 79. humilis, 79. repens, Uta, 52. Reptilia, 39. reticularia, Deirochelys, 137. Testudo, 137. reticulatus, Crotaphytus, 44. reynoldsi, Neoseps, 78. Rhadinaea flavilata, 96. Rhinechis elegans, 94. Rhineura, 78. floridana, 78. Rhinocheilus, 103. lecontei, 103. Rhinochilus lecontei, 103. Rhinostoma occipitale, 103. rhombifer, Tropidonotus, 107. rhombifera, Natrix, 107. rhombomaculata, Lampropeltis, 100. rhombomaculatus. Coluber, 100. Ophibolus, 101. Ribbon-snake, 116. ricordii, Eleutherodactylus, 32. INDEX 165 ricordii, Hylodes, 32. Lithodytes, 32. riglda, Natrix, 107. rigidus, Coluber, 107. Ring-neck snakes, 82. riversiana, Xantusia, 68. rosacea, Elaphe, 92. rosaceus. Coluber, 92. rosaliae. Coluber, 92. Elaphe, 92. roseofusca, Lichanura, 79. Rough green-snake, 85. Rubber-snake, 80. ruber, Crotalus, 124. Pseudotriton, 15. Spelerpes, 15. rubidus, Cnemidophorus, 73. rubra, Eurycea, 15. Salamandra, 15. nibriventris, Pseudemys, 136. Testudo, 136. rufidorsum, Sceloporus, 58. ruthveni, Coluber, 88. Masticophis, 88. rutilus, Pituophis, 95. Rhyacotriton, 8. olympicus, 8. sackeni, Thamnophis, 116. sackenii, Eutaenia, 116. Thamnophis, 116. Salamander, dusky, 10. dwarf, 14. four-toed, 9. marbled, 6. mole, 6. red, 15. redbacked, 10. slimy, 10. spotted, 5. tiger, 7. Salamandra alleganiensis, 3. auriculata, 19. bislineata, 15. cinerea, 10. dorsalis, 4. glutinosa, 10. gutto-lineata, 16. jeffersoniana, 5. Salamandra longicauda, 16. lugubris, 18. maculo-quadrata, 20. opaca, 6. phoca, 20. porphyritica, 13. quadra-maculata, 20. quadridigitata, 14. rubra, 15. scutata, 9. talpoidea, 6. texana, 7. tigrina, 7. Salamandridae, 3. Salamandrina attenuata, 8. Salientia, 22. Salt-water moccasin, 106. Salvadora, 89. grahamiae, 89. hexalepis, 89. Sator, 54. angustus, 54. grandaevus, 54. Sauria, 40. saurita. Coluber, 116. Eutaenia, 116. Thamnophis, 116. sauritus, Thamnophis, 116. Sauromalus, 45. ater, 45. hispidus, 45. obesus, 45. slevini, 46. townsendi, 46. varius, 46. sayi. Coluber, 96. Ophibolus, 99. Pituophis, 96. Pityophis, 96. scalaris, Sceloporus, 58. Scaphiopodidae, 22. Scaphiopus, 22. albus, 23. couchii, 22. hammondii, 23. holbrookii, 23. hurterii, 23. Sceloporus, 54. becki, 57. 166 INDEX Sceloporus bi-seriatus. 57. clarkii, 54, 57. consobrinus, 54. couchii, 55. disparilis, 55. elongatus, 55. floridanus, 58. garmani, 55. gracilis, 56. graciosus, 55. jarrovii, 56. licki, 56. lickii, 56. lineatulus, 56. magister, 57. merriami, 57. monserratensis, 57. occidentalis, 57. orcutti, 58. orcuttii, 58. poinsettii, 59. rufidorsum, 58. scalaris, 58. spinosus, 58. taylori, 58. xindulatus, 55, 59. vandenburgianus, 56. variabilis, 59. woodi, 59. zosteromus, 59. schencki, Eurycea, 15. Pseudotriton, 15. Spelerpes, 15. schlegelii, Dermochelys, 140. Sphargis, 140. schmidti, Phrynosoma, 63. Verticaria, 69. schotti. Coluber, 88. Masticophis, 88. Zamenis, 88. scincicauda, Gerrhonotus, 65. Tropidolepis, 65. Scincidae, 74. Scincus lateralis, 74. Scorpion, 75. Scotophis confinis, 91. laetus, 91. lindheimerii, 92. vulpinus, 93. scripta, Pseudemys, 136. Testudo, 136. scutata, Salamandra, 9. scutatum, Hemidactylium, 9. scutulatus, Cro talus, 122. semiannulata, Sonora, 104. semilineatum, Bascanium, 88. semilineatus, Coluber, 88. Zamenis, 88. Seminatrix, 109. pygaea, 109. septemvittata, Natrix, 107. septemvittatus. Coluber, 107. septentrionale, Sibon, 118. septentrionalis, Chorophilus, 28. Dipsas, 118. Eumeces, 77. Leptodeira, 118. Plestiodon, 77. Pseudacris, 28. Rana, 36. sericea, Verticaria, 69. Serpentes, 79. serpentina, Chelydra, 129. Testudo, 129. sexlineata, Lacerta, 73. sexlineatus, Cnemidophorus, 73. Shell-turtles, 138. shermani, Plethodon, 11. Siagonodon, 79. humilis, 79. Sibon septentrionale, 118. Sidewinder, 123. sierrae, Rana, 34. silus, Crotaphytus, 44. silvatica, Rana, 37. similis, Diadophis, 82. simus. Coluber, 85. Heterodon, 85. sipedon. Coluber, 108. Natrix, 108. Siredon gracilis, 6. Siren, 21. lacertina, 21. striata, 21. Sirena maculosa, 1. Sirenidae, 21. sirtalis. Coluber, 116. Eutaenia, 116. INDEX 167 sirtalis, Thamnoptis, 116. Sistriirus, 121. catenatus, 121. edwardsii, 121. miliarius, 122. skiltonianum, Plestiodon, 77. skiltonianus, Eumeces, 77. Skink, blue-tailed, 75. slevini, Sauromalus, 46. Uta, 53. Sliders, 135. Slimy salamander, 10. Smilisca baudinii, 29. Smooth green-snake, 85. Snake, ball, 80. black, 86. bull, 96. chain, 98. chicken, 92. Congo, 2. corn, 90. DeKay's, 110. fox, 93. glass, 64. gopher, 93. horn, 81. indigo, 93. joint, 64. king, 98. milk, 101. mole, 100. moon, 107. mud, 81. patch-nose, 89. pilot black, 91. pine, 95. queen, 107. rainbow, 81. red-bellied, 110, ribbon. 116. ring-neck, 82. rough green, 85. rubber, 80. smooth green, 85. water, 108. western bull, 94. worm, 80. Snakes, coral, 119. garter, 112. Snakes, hog-nose, 84. Snapper, alligator, 128. common, 129. Florida, 128. Soft-shelled turtles, 140. solare, Phrynosoma, 63. Solaris, Phrynosoma, 63. Soldier turtles, 133. Sonora, 103. episcopa, 104. occipitalis, 103. semiannulata, 104. taylori, 104. sonoriense, Kinosternon, 127. Southern Florida pine lizard, leopard-frog, 37. toad, 26. Spadefoot, 23. Spea hammondii, 23. spelaeus, Typhlotriton, 20. Spelerpes bilineatus, 15. cirrigera, 16. danielsi, 13. guttolineatus, 16. longicaudus, 16. melanopleurus, 17. montanus, 14. multiplicatus, 17. platycephalus, 17. ruber, 15. schencki, 15. Sphaerodactylus, 41. cinereus, 41. notatus, 41. Sphagnum-frog, 37. Sphargis schlegelii, 140. sphenocephala, Rana, 37. Spilotes melanurus, 94. spinifera, Amyda, 141. spiniferus, Trionyx, 141. spinosus, Sceloporus, 58. splendida, Lampropeltis, 99. splendidus, Callisaurus, 46. Ophibolus, 99. Spotted salamander, 5. turtle, 129. Spreading adder, 84. Spring-frog, 35. Spring-peeper, 30. 59. 168 INDEX Squamata, 40. squamata, Uta, 53. squamosa, Caretta, 138. Eretmochelys, 138. squirella, Hyla, 31. stansburiana, Uta, 53. steindachneri, Cinosternum, 127. Kinosternon, 127. stejnegeri, Cnemidophorus, 73. Pituophis, 95. Uta, 53. stejnegerii, Cnemidophorus, 74. stellata, Uta, 53. Stellio undulatus, 59. Stenodactylus variegatus, 42. Stereochilus, 13. marginatum, 13. marginatus, 13. Sternothaerus odoratus, 127. Sternotherus, 126. carinatus, 126. minor, 126. odoratus, 127. stictogenys, Diadophis, 83. Stilosoma extenuatum, 102. Stink-pots, 126, 127. Storeria, 110. dekayi, 110. occipito-maculata, 110. victa, 110. stramineus, Chilomeniscus, 105. striata. Siren, 21. stria tula, Haldea, 111. striatulus. Coluber, 111. Potamophis, 111. striatus, Pseudobranchus, 21. Stylophis, 102. extenuatus, 102. subocularis. Coluber, 92. Elaphe, 92. subrubra, Testudo, 128. subrubrum, Kinosternon, 128. suspectum, Heloderma, 67. Swifts, 70. sylvatica, Rana, 37. symmetrica, Uta, 52. Synapsida, 126. Syrrhophus, 33. campi, 33. Syrrhophus marnochii, 33. marnockii, 33. syspila, Lampropeltis, 102. Osceola, 102. syspilus, Ophibolus, 102. taeniata, Leptophis, 88. taeniatus. Coluber, 88. Zamenis, 88. Taeniophis imperialis, 117. talpoidea, Salamandra, 6. talpoideum, Amblystoma, 6. Ambystoma, 6. Tantilla, 118. coronata, 118. eiseni, 118. gracilis, 119. nigriceps, 119. planiceps, 119. wilcoxi, 119. Tapaya brevirostris, 60. hernandesi, 61. ornatissima, 62. taxispilota, Natrix, 109. taxispilotus, Tropidonotus, 109. taylori, Contia, 104. Sceloporus, 58. Sonora, 104. taylorii, Chionactis, 104. Teiidae, 68. temminckii, Cheloniu-a, 128. Macrochelys, 128. tenebrosum, Ambystoma, 8. tenuis, Calamaria, 102. Contia, 102. Lodia, 102. Terrapene, 130. Carolina, 130. major, 131. ornata, 131. triunguis, 130. Terrapins, diamond-back, 131. terrestris, Bufo, 26. tesselata, Ameiva, 73. tessellatus, Cnemidophorus, 73. Testudinata, 126. Testudinidae, 129. Testudo caretta, 139. Carolina, 130. INDEX 169 Testudo centra ta, 131. concentrica, 131. concinna, 135. coriacea, 139. ferox, 140. floridana, 135. geographica, 132. guttata, 129. imbricata, 138. insculpta, 129. muhlenbergii, 130. mydas, 138. odorata, 127. picta, 134. polj'phemus, 137. reticularia, 137. rubriventris, 136. scripta, 136. serpentina, 129. subrubra, 128. tetragrammus, Eumeces, 77. Plestiodon, 77. texana, Holbrookia, 49. Hypsiglena, 105. Pseudemys, 136. Salamandra, 7. texanum, Amblystoma, 7. Ambystoma, 7. texanus, Chondrotus, 7. Cophosaurus, 49. texense, Engystoma, 38. texensis, Gastrophryne, 38. thalassina, Uta, 54. Thalassochelys kempii, 139. Thamnophis, 112. angustirostris, 112. atratus, 114. biscutatus, 114. butleri, 112. concinnus, 117. couchii, 114. elegans, 114. eques, 113. hammondii, 114. hueyi, 115. infernalis, 117. marcianus, 113. megalops, 113. ordinoides, 113. Thamnophis parietalis, 117. proxima, 115. proximus, 115. radix, 115. sackeni, 116. sackenii, 116. saurita, 116. sauritus, 116. sirtaUs, 116. vagrans, 115. Tiger salamander, 7. tigrina, Ambystoma, 7. Salamandra, 7. tigrinum, Amblystoma, 7. Ambystoma, 7. tigris, Cro talus, 125. Timber rattlesnake, 124. Toad, American, 24. Fowler's, 25. Pacific tree, 31. rain, 31. southern, 26. tree, 31. Toads, horn, 60. torosus, Diemyctylus, 3. Notophthalmus, 3. Triturus, 3. Tortrix bottae, 80. tortugensis, Crotalus, 125. townsendi, Sauromalus, 46. transversa, Natrix, 109. transversus, Tropidonotus, 109. Tree-frog, Anderson, 29. Tree-toad, 31. Pacific, 31. treleasei, Chrysemys, 134. triangula, Lampropeltis, 101. Osceola, 101. triangulum. Coluber, 101. Lampropeltis, 101. tridactylum, Amphiuma, 2. Trimorphodon, 118. lyrophanes, 118. Trionychidae, 140. Trionyx muticus, 140. spiniferus, 141. triseriata, Ilyla, 29. Pseudacris, 29. triseriatus, Chorophilus, 29. 170 INDEX Triton ensatus, 7. Triturus, 3. dorsalis, 4. fuscus, 19. meridionalis, S. torosus, 3. viridescens, 4. triunguis, Cistudo, 130. Terrapene, 130. trivirgata, Lichanura, 80. troostii, Emys, 136. Pseudemys, 136. Tropidoclonion, 111. lineatum, 111. Tropidoclonium lineatum, 112. Tropidolepis scincicauda, 65. Tropidonotus concinnus, 116. cyclopion, 106. dekayi, 110. ordinoides, 113. rhombifer, 107. taxispilotus, 109. transversus, 109. truei, Ascaphus, 22. tuberculosus, Phyllodactylns, 40. turcica, Lacerta, 40. turcicus, Hemidactylus, 40. Turtle, bastard, 139. Blanding's, 130. chicken, 137. spotted, 129. wood, 129. Turtles, box, 130. gopher, 137. green, 138. loggerhead, 139. map, 132. mud, 127. musk. 126, 127. painted, 133. shell, 138. soft-shelled, 140. soldier, 133. Typhlomolge, 2. rathbuni, 2. Typhlomolgidae, 2. Typhlotriton, 20. spelaeus, 20. Uma, 47. notata, 47. unctus, Diplodactylus, 41. Phyllodactylns, 41. undulatus, Sceloporus, 55, 59. Stellio, 59. Urosaurus graciosus, 50. Uta, 50. auriculata, 50. clarionensis, 50. concinna, £0. elegans, 50. graciosa, 50. hesperis, 53. levis, 51. mannophorus, 51. martinensis, 51. mearnsi, 51. mearnsii, 51. microscutata, 51. nigricauda, 51. nolascensis, 52. ornata, 52. palmeri, 52. palmerii, 52. parviscutata, 51. repens, 52. slevLni, 53. squamata, 53. stansbiu-iana, 53. stejnegeri, 53. stellata, 53. sjTnmetrica, 52. thalassina, 54. wrighti, 51. utahensis, Charina, 80. vagrans, Eutaenia, 115. Eutainia, 115. Thamnophis, 115. valeriae, Virginia, 111. valida, Natrix, 109. Regina, 109. valliceps, Bufo, 26. vandenburghi, Cnemidophorus, 74. Diadophis, 82. vandenburgianus, Sceloporus, 56. vandykei, Plethodon, 11. INDEX 171 variabilis, Sceloporus, 59. variegatus, Coleonyx, 42. Eublepharis, 41, 42. Stenodactylus, 42. varius, Sauromalus, 46. ventralLs, Anguis, 64. Callisaiirus, 47. Homalosaurus, 47. Ophisaurus, 64. vermis, Carphophiops, 81. Carphophis, 81. Celuta, 81. vernalis, Coluber, 85. Liopeltis, 85. versicolor, Hyla, 31. vertebralis. Coluber, 96. Pituophis, 96. Pityophis, 96. Verticaria, 68. beldingi, 69. caerulea, 68. ceralbensis, 68. espiritensis, 68. franciseensis, 69. hyperythra, 69. picta, 69. scbmidti, 69. sericea, 69. victa, Storeria, 110. vigilis, Xantusia, 68. virescens, Rana, 36. virgatipes, Rana, 37. Virginia, 110. elegans, 110. inornata. 111. valeriae. 111. virginiana, Lampropeltis, 98. viridescens, Diemyctylus, 4. Notophthalmus, 4. Triturus, 4. vittatus, Notophthalmus, 4. vulpina, Elaphe, 93. vulpinus. Coluber, 93. Elaphe, 93. Scotophis, 93. Water-pilot, 109. Water-snake, 108. W^aterdog, 1. webbii, Gerrhonotus, 66. wehrlei, Plethodon, 12. Western bull-snake, 94. racer, 87. Whip-tails, 70. wilcoxi, Tantilla, 119. wilderae, Eurycea, 16. willardi, Crotalus, 126. wislizenii, Crotaphytus, 44, 45. Wood-frog, 37. Wood-turtle, 129. woodhousei, Bufo, 27. woodhousii, Bufo, 27. woodi, Sceloporus, 59. Worm-snake, 80. wrighti, Uta, 51. Xantusia, 67. gilberti, 67. henshaw, 67. riversiana, 68. vigilis, 68. Xantusiidae, 67. Xerobates agassizii, 137. berlandieri, 137. yonahlossee, Plethodon, 12. yumanensis, Lampropeltis, 100. Zablepsis henshavii, 67. Zamenis aurigidus, 86. constrictor, 87. flagellum, 87. lateralis, 88. ornatus, 89. piceus, 87. schotti. 88. semilineatus, 88. taeniatus, 88. zonatus, Bellophis, 100. Coluber, 100. zosteromus, Sceloporus, 59.