. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS, AND SNAKES. Carphophiops amocnus Say—Continued. 737 Catalogxie No. 10720 10750 13301\ 133U2/ 14437 17445\ 17554/ 19485 Nnmber of speci- mens. Locality. Salem Creek, North Caro- lina. Clearwater, Florida /Alexandria County, Vir- \ ginia. "Wythe County, Dunn Loring, Virginia ... Insane asylvim, District of Columbia. "When collected. —, 1881 From ?whom received. Dr. J. A. Kite, U. S. N
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS, AND SNAKES. Carphophiops amocnus Say—Continued. 737 Catalogxie No. 10720 10750 13301\ 133U2/ 14437 17445\ 17554/ 19485 Nnmber of speci- mens. Locality. Salem Creek, North Caro- lina. Clearwater, Florida /Alexandria County, Vir- \ ginia. "Wythe County, Dunn Loring, Virginia ... Insane asylvim, District of Columbia. "When collected. —, 1881 From ?whom received. Dr. J. A. Kite, U. S. N Figgins Dr. J. "W. Blackburn. Nature of speci- men. Alcoholic. do. do. do. do. do. [Form heleno!.] 2183 12046 8853 8792 1874 2183 12128 10656 19257 19486 Southern Illinoia Mount Carmel, Illinois Morton, Ohio Augusta, Georgia Mississippi Southern Illinoia Arlington, Virginia Wheatland, Indiana Wyandotte, Indiana Insane asylum, District of Columbia. Apr. —, 1881 R. Kennicott Lucien M. A. H. Little William K. Kennicott William Palmer Eobert Eidgway ... Dr. J. W. Blackburn Alcoholic, do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. CARPHOPHIOPS VERMIS Kennicott. Carphophiops vermis Kennicott, Cope, Check-list N. Amer. Batr. Rept., 1875, p. 34. Celufa vermis Kennicott, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila,, 1859, p. Scuta as in C. amcenus, except that there is but one scale of the second row of temporals. This scale bounds ijosteriorly both the first tem- poral and the last labial j a small one below it extends over a part of the posterior border of the last labial. Larger than C. amcenus. Scales in thirteen longitudinal rows. Color above lustrous purplish bla<;k, much darker than in C. amcenus. Abdo- men pale yellowish flesh color (prob- ably brighter in life), this color ex- tending to the third lateral row of dorsal scales. Though possessing the general. Fig. 152. Carphophiops vermis Kennicott. X form of C. amcenus, this diff
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