. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. November, 1961 Smith: Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois 239 rocks on wooded hillsides. It has been found abroad at night on several occasions. The most productive collecting sites have proved to be ditches or other excavations into which these reptiles have fallen. Several specimens have been raked up with forest-floor litter in material for Berlese samples. The food of this snake probably consists of soft-bodied arthropods and earthworms. Broods of five tiny young have been born in the laboratory on two occasions, both in mid-August. Illinois Di
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. November, 1961 Smith: Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois 239 rocks on wooded hillsides. It has been found abroad at night on several occasions. The most productive collecting sites have proved to be ditches or other excavations into which these reptiles have fallen. Several specimens have been raked up with forest-floor litter in material for Berlese samples. The food of this snake probably consists of soft-bodied arthropods and earthworms. Broods of five tiny young have been born in the laboratory on two occasions, both in mid-August. Illinois Distribution. — The western earth snake is evidently generally distrib- uted south of the Shelbyville Moraine, fig. 224. The label of a specimen, USNM 7303, "Cook County, Illinois," almost certainly represents an error in cataloging, and the record has been rejected by most Fig. 224.—Distribution of Virginia laleriae. Hatching indicates the presumed range of the subspecies elegans in Illinois; solid circles indicate localities represented by specimens examined during this study; open circles, localities represented by published records believed to be valid. The lower map depicts the total range of the species in the United States. Virginia valeriae elegans is probably more common in the southern third of Illinois than the records indicate, but specimens are difficult to collect because of their preference for forest-floor debris, their small size, and their nocturnal habits. Although undocumented by specimens, published records for the following localities are believed valid and are indicated on the distribution map by hollow symbols: Jack- son County: Elkville (Cagle 1942a) ; St. Clair County: Bluff Lake (Hurter 1893). Storeria Baird & Girard Two polytypic species of this North Amer- ican genus occur in the United States. Both are found in Illinois. Storeria dekayi wrightorum Trapido Midland Brown Snake De Kay's Snake Storeria dekayi lurightorum Trapi
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