. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 158. Diadophis amabilis docilis Baird and Girard. X 2. - Pecos to Eio Grande, Cat. No. 2078, Head narrower than in D. a. amabilis. Vertical plate subpentagonal, elongated, sides nearly parallel to the point where it enters between the occipitals. Prefrontals and eyes proportionally much smaller than in D. a. amabilis. Body very slender, covered with proportionally large scales. Head above blackish brown. Upper labials
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 158. Diadophis amabilis docilis Baird and Girard. X 2. - Pecos to Eio Grande, Cat. No. 2078, Head narrower than in D. a. amabilis. Vertical plate subpentagonal, elongated, sides nearly parallel to the point where it enters between the occipitals. Prefrontals and eyes proportionally much smaller than in D. a. amabilis. Body very slender, covered with proportionally large scales. Head above blackish brown. Upper labials and head beneath yel- lowish, mottled with black. Occipi- tal ring yellowish white, covering the length of three scales. The anterior black margin i^asses to the black spots along the labials. Small black spots are irregularly scattered all over the abdomen; they form one series on each side, along the exterior and posterior margin of the scutellte, to the tip of the tail. All the scales are uniform ash-gray, but when ex- amined closely they api)ear punctured with minute black dots. The bases of the scales are black when stretched apart. The tail beneath is almost unicolor, exhibiting but very few dots. Devils River, Texas; gastrosteges, 193 -f 1; tirosteges, 57; total length, 11| inches; tail, 2^ inches. Two specimens (Cat. Nos. 2078, 5178) have seventeen rows of scales. Diadophis amabilis docilis Baird and i'lg. 109. Diadophis amabilis docilis Girard. Type of D. texensis Kennicott, X2. New Orleans to Galveston. Cat. No. 1897, Baird and Catalogue No. Number of speci- mens. Locality. Nature of specimen. 2076 6070 2078 5178 1897 Head of Trinity Elver, Texas Sonora, Mexico Pecos to Kio Grande, Texas Fort Stockton, Texas New Orleans to Galveston, Texas (type of D. texensis) Alcoholic, do. do. do. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illu
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