The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . ength and about a foot wide. A captive female specimen gave birth to twelve young onthe 4th of August. The mother was 19! inches long and theyoung showed an average length of 5f inches; in colourationthey were much like young ribbon snakes as the ground-colourwas brown and the vivid yellow stripes were black-bordered. THE WESTERN GARTER SNAKEEutcenia elegans, (Baird & Girard) The preceding species of Eui
The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . ength and about a foot wide. A captive female specimen gave birth to twelve young onthe 4th of August. The mother was 19! inches long and theyoung showed an average length of 5f inches; in colourationthey were much like young ribbon snakes as the ground-colourwas brown and the vivid yellow stripes were black-bordered. THE WESTERN GARTER SNAKEEutcenia elegans, (Baird & Girard) The preceding species of Euicenia described, although evinc-ing some variation in the ground-colour, do not display anyvariation of pattern. In consequence, none of these is repre-sented by varieties or sub-species. The present species—theWestern Garter Snake—presents different conditions. It isan extremely variable species and represented by several verydistinct varieties, which will be described under their respectivenames. Among these form, pattern and distribution show * To Prof. E. L. Moseley, the writer is indebted for all of his speci-mens—about fifteen in number. 324 THE REFTILE BOOK PLATE LXVII. RIBBON SNAKE, Etitania sauritaMost slender of the striped snakes. Frequents the borders of ponds and streams in the Eastern States. Feeds upon frogs and fishes
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