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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.