Reptiles and Amphibians of Texas (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...Southern and Western Texas, north and east, locally, to Eastland and McLennan Counties. Specimens have been recorded from the following localities: Waco (nine miles north), Midland, Midland County, and Clear Creek, Burnet County (Strecker); San Diego, Helotes, San Angelo, Fort Chadbourne, Menard County, and Desdemonia, Eastland County (Cope), Pecos (Brown), and Rock Springs, Edwards County (Bailey). A living specimen in the Texas Cotton Palace zoo was captured at Hewitt, McLennan County. 124. Hypsiglena Texana Stejneger. Texan Rock Snake. Known from only a few localities in the southern and western sections. Brown mentions one from Seymour, Baylor County. Specimens from San Diego and Laredo are in the National collection. The type was collected by Arthur Schott between Laredo and Camargo, Texas. Cope does not mention this species in his "Crocodilians, Lizards and Snakes of North America," although it was published in 1893, some time before his death. The Texas specimens in the National Museum were listed under the name of H. ochrorhyncha Cope, and texana is not mentioned even as a synonym. Dr. Brown refused to recognize texana as being distinct from ochrorhyncha, claiming that the type must have been an abnormal specimen and the characters assigned by its author of no value. However, as Dr. Stejneger distinctly says that the other specimens from Texas examined by him agree in every respect with the type, I shall here recognize it as a distinct species. 125. Heterodon Platyrhinus Latreille. Spreading Adder: Hog-nosed Snake. The "blowing adder" is distributed over the entire eastern and middle sections west to the foot of the plains and south almost to the Rio Grande River. This species follows the canyons in the...