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(Unvouch 42959, digital image). New county record (Phillips et al. 1999. Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois. Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, Illinois. 282pp). Adult male, 154 cm S-VL, found alive on the shoulder of Lowden Rd. at 1459 h. Grassland-dominated habitat was present on both sides of the road. The species has been documented from adjacent Ogle County and reported from Nachusa Grasslands without prior documentation with photos or specimens. The 2013 Herpetofaunal Survey was funded by a grant from The Friends of Nachusa Grasslands with access and support provided by The Nature Conservancy. THOMAS G. ANTON, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, The Field Museum, Roosevelt Road at Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA (e-mail [email protected]); DAVID MAUGER, Forest Preserve District of Will County (retired), 17029 Henry Street, Lansing, Illinois 60438, USA; BILL KLEIMAN, The Nature Conservancy, 8772 South Lowden Rd., Franklin Grove, Illinois 61031, USA.

RENA DULCIS (Texas Threadsnake). USA: COLORADO: Baca Co.: Two Buttes SWA, 0.5 mi S of Prowers Co. line (37.6364778°N, 102.53639167°W; WGS84). 14 May 2012. Verified by J. Hobert. University of Northern Colorado Museum of Natural History (UNC-MNH 4685). The specimen represents a roughly 80 km northward range extension in Colorado (Hammerson 1999. Amphibians and Reptiles in Colorado: A Colorado Field Guide, 2nd ed. University Press of Colorado and Colorado Division of Wildlife, Niwot, Colorado. 484 pp.). Single adult female (2.63 g; 21.9 cm SVL; 1.1 cm TL) encountered alive under rock in sand sage prairie. A species of special concern known from only a few specimens in Colorado. Specimen was collected under Colorado Division of Wildlife Scientific Collection license (#12HP950) issued to SPM. CONNOR P. MONTGOMERY and CHAD E. MONTGOMERY, Department of Biology, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri 63501, USA (e-mail: [email protected]); STEPHEN P. MACKESSY, School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639-0017, USA (e-mail: [email protected]).

STORERIA DEKAYI (Dekay’s Brownsnake). USA: GEORGIA: Henry Co.: on private residence off of Hearthstone Drive (33.560223°N, 84.16194°W; WSG 84) May 2013. J. Agan. Verified by Nikki Castleberry. UGA 50352. New county record (Jensen et al. [eds.] 2008. Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia. University of Georgia Press, Athens. 575 pp.). Adult under leaf debris in Ocmulgee River floodplain. JUSTIN AGAN, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow, Georgia 30260, USA; e-mail: [email protected].

STORERIA OCCIPITOMACULATA (Red-bellied Snake). USA: ALABAMA: Lauderdale Co.: Shoal Creek Preserve Forever Wild Tract (34.916437°N, 87.618602°W; WGS84). 27 July 2010. Ashley S. Peters and Brian D. Holt. Photographic voucher (AUM AHAP-D 645). Verified by Craig Guyer. New county record (Mount 1975. Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, Alabama. 347 pp.). Hand captured juvenile on predominantly hardwood slope with sandy soils. An adult (AUM AHAP-D 646 photo voucher) was observed under a cover board on 23 September 2010. We thank Craig Guyer for verifying these records and Eric Soehren for reviewing this note. ASHLEY S. PETERS (e-mail:[email protected]) and BRIAN D. HOLT, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Re-

sources, State Lands Division, Natural Heritage Section, 64 N. Union Street, Suite 464, Montgomery, Alabama 36130, USA.

STORERIA STORERIOIDES (Mexican Brownsnake). MÉXICO: GUANAJUATO: Municipality Of Cortazar: Cerro El Culiacán, 6 km ENE of Victoria de Cortazar (20.345000°N, 100.976028°W; WGS84), 2646 m elev. 26 July 2009. José Carlos Arenas and Christian Martin García Balderas. Verified by Edmundo Pérez Ramos. MZFC 27073. New municipality record and third locality from Guanajuato, bridging a gap between Sierra de Santa Rosa, Guanajuato populations (Ernst 2008. Cat. Amer. Amphib. Rept. 860:1–4) and Tzitzio, Michoacán populations (Duellman 1961. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. His. 15:1–148). The snake was found under a rock in oak forest. JOSÉ CARLOS ARENAS-MONROY, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 20100, Aguascalientes, Ags., México (e-mail: [email protected]); RUBÉN ALONSO CARBAJALMÁRQUEZ, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Instituto Politécnico Nacional No. 195 Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, C.P. 23096, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México.

TANTILLA BOCOURTI (Bocourt’s Black-headed Snake). MEXICO: OAXACA: Municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez: Agencia San Luis Beltrán (17.095514°N, 96.688878°W; WGS84), 1550 m elev. 30 June 2013. Elí García-Padilla. Verified by Larry D. Wilson. Photographic voucher, UTEP G 2013.2. This individual represents a new municipality record, the second report for Oaxaca, and a range extension of ca. 160 km SSE from the nearest known locality in the vicinity of Santiago Chazumba (Canséco-Márquez and Gutiérrez-Mayén 2010. Anfibios y Reptiles del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Fundación para la Reserva de la Biósfera Cuicatlán A.C., Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México, D.F. xvi + 302 pp.). The snake was found in an empty lot surrounded by an urban housing development. ELÍ GARCÍA-PADILLA, Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca 68023, México (email: [email protected]); VICENTE MATA-SILVA, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA (e-mail: [email protected]).

THAMNOPHIS RADIX (Plains Gartersnake). USA: ILLINOIS: Ogle Co.: Nachusa Grasslands, 5.9 km NW Franklin Grove (41.9045°N, 89.3281°W; WGS 84). 2 September 2010. M. King and R. B. King. Verified by Chris Phillips. Illinois Natural History Survey (Unvouch 42967 digital image). New county record (Phillips et al. 1999. Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois. Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, Illinois. 282 pp.). Fills gap among Stephenson, Winnebago, and Lee counties. Juvenile found under cover board in Clear Creek Unit between Lowden and Carthage roads in grassland-dominated habitat. Nine additional individuals have been observed at the Clear Creek and Holland Prairie units in Ogle County managed by Nachusa Grasslands. The 2013 Herpetofaunal Survey was funded by a grant from The Friends of Nachusa Grasslands with access and support provided by The Nature Conservancy. THOMAS G. ANTON, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, The Field Museum, Roosevelt Road at Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA (e-mail [email protected]); RICHARD B. KING, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA; BILL KLEIMAN, The Nature Conservancy, 8772 South Lowden Rd., Franklin Grove, Illinois 61031,USA.

Herpetological Review 44(4), 2013