Field notes, v1732
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P. Zweifel April 1, 1952 129 Diadophis ornatus. 2 1/4 mi. SE Sunol, 600', Alameda Co., Calif. 1744 P. Zweifel, coll. H. Carus; brought in by Ken Countryman. "In sunny pasture about ankle high at 10 AM, 25 yards from low chaparral brush." mid - ventral. - closest to, but deeper than Capucine Yellow. sub - caudal. - Grenadine red dorsal. - tel between Iron Gray and Dark Olive- Gray. SV- 260 mm. Ventral color covers 1 3/4 dorsal scale rows anteriorly, 1 1/2 posteriorly. Upper lip coloring well defined above but much paler than ventrally. Ventral spots large and well defined, but sparse. Each ventral has a spot at each tip, but otherwise there are only 63 spots on all of the gastrosteges.