Yellow Ground Snake

Contia episcopa, (Kennicott)

Colouration: "Yellowish, reddish or greenish, sometimes with a yellow dorsal stripe three scales wide; most of the scales tipped with light brown; top of the head like the body, or brown, or black; belly yellowish or greenish white." (A. E. Brown.)
Dimensions: Total length, 10 inches; tail 2 1/2 inches.
Distribution: Texas and northern Mexico.

Scales in 15 rows. Tail about one-fourth the total length.