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Garman's Brown Snake

Amphiardis inornatus, (Garman)

Colouration

Brownish olive above; abdomen white, the bases of the plates tinged with gray or olive.

Dimensions

Length from snout to tip of tail, 10 1/4 inches; length of tail 1 3/4 inches.

Distribution

But two specimens are known. They were taken near Dallas, Texas.

Differs from Haldea, in having two internasal plates, the stouter body, lustrous scales and different hue both above and beneath. No preocular plate, the loreal bordering the eye in front. Scales in seventeen rows.

The Genus Virginia: While resembling the preceding reptiles in size, colouring and general conformation, the two species composing this North American genus may be at once told by their smooth scales.