. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 110 BULLETIN 61, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. this trait indicated hj the material examined. The tail length is strikingly constant for this gronp, which may be in part but not entirely explained by the small amount of material; the length ex- ceeds that of any other form in the genus, the extremes being ., the average between . (see fig. 43). As is to be expected from 174 V C) — ^ > V ii i'c Fig. 42. 166 158 150 Bay St. Louis, Pensacola, Gainesville, Kissimmee, Lcinou , Mississippi. Florida. Marion Co., Georgiana, Flor
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 110 BULLETIN 61, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. this trait indicated hj the material examined. The tail length is strikingly constant for this gronp, which may be in part but not entirely explained by the small amount of material; the length ex- ceeds that of any other form in the genus, the extremes being ., the average between . (see fig. 43). As is to be expected from 174 V C) — ^ > V ii i'c Fig. 42. 166 158 150 Bay St. Louis, Pensacola, Gainesville, Kissimmee, Lcinou , Mississippi. Florida. Marion Co., Georgiana, Florida. Florida. Enterprise, Orlando, Little Sara- sota B:iy, Florida. ~DlAGR.\M SHOWING THE VARIATION IN THE NUMBER OF VENTRAL SCUTES IN ThAMNOPHIS SAURITUS SACKENI. the length of the tail, the number of subcaudal scutes also exceeds that of any other form. As show^n by the diagram (fig. 44), the extremes are 109-134 and the averages for the different localities. Bay St. Louis, Pensacola, Gainesville, Kissimmee. Lemon City, Mississippi. Florida. Marion Co., Georgiana, Florida. Florida. Enterprise, Orlando, Little Sara- sota Bay, Florida. Fig. 4,'(.—Diagram showing the variation in the proportionate tail length in Thamnophis sauritus sackeni. between 120 and 127. Here again no geographic variations can be detected. As is generally the case in the forms of the Sauritus group, there is little variation in coloration in sdclrni. The usual A'ariation of light to dark in the ground color is present, the lighter individuals being a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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