. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS, AND SNAKES. 961 This is the largest American water snake. Its range is coextensive with the austroriparian subregion, extending from the Atlantic region from the Potomac Eiver to Florida and west to Louisiana, inclusive. Xatrix taxispUola Tlolhrook. Catalogue No. 1344 464 1343 10700 8361 12887 19997 19998 Number of spec- imens. Locality. Riceboro, Georgia . Georgetown, District of CoUiiiibia. Avoca, Nortb Carolina Kin
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS, AND SNAKES. 961 This is the largest American water snake. Its range is coextensive with the austroriparian subregion, extending from the Atlantic region from the Potomac Eiver to Florida and west to Louisiana, inclusive. Xatrix taxispUola Tlolhrook. Catalogue No. 1344 464 1343 10700 8361 12887 19997 19998 Number of spec- imens. Locality. Riceboro, Georgia . Georgetown, District of CoUiiiibia. Avoca, Nortb Carolina KinstOD, North New Orleans, Louisiana .. When collected. From whom received. Dr. W. L. Jones Weston Apr. May 1878 J. W. Milner ... 1875 I H. W. Welsher . R. W. Shufeldt. Lake Eustis, Florida | , Theo. Holm Nature of specimen. Alcoholic tvpe. "do. do. do. do. do. do. NATRIX CYCLOPIUM Dumeril and Bibron. Tropidonotus cyclopium Dumkril and Bibron, Erp. Gen., VII, p. 576.—Gunther, Cat. Col, Snakes Brit. Mus., 1858, p. 77.—Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 299; Check-list N. Amer. Batr. Eept., 1875, p. 43.—Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., 1,1893, p. Fig. 247. Natrix cyclopium DumIcril and Bibron. = 1. Cat. No. 12407 ?, Scales in twenty-nine longitudinal rows; the first row smooth, the second weakly, and the remainder strongly keeled, and all notched at the apex. Rostral low, twice as broad as high; internasals triangular, a little longer than wide; prefrontals small, wider than long. Frontal NAT MUS 98 Gl. 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 Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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