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The Union Daily Times
Union, Union County, South Carolina
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In Columbia, South Carolina, on June 3, students led by Prof. J. D. Corrington discovered an adolescent black swamp snake (seminatrix pygaea), previously known only from Florida, 360 miles south. This suggests the snake's range extends further north than thought, overlooked in intervening areas.
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Columbia, S. C., June 3.—A party of students, headed by Prof. J. D. Corrington of the University of South Carolina, while searching weeds and ponds near here, made what is believed to be a scientific discovery of importance. An adolescent specimen of the black swamp snake, known as seminatrix pygaea, hitherto reported only in Florida, was found.
"The question that will interest all biologists is how this specimen comes to be found in a locality 360 miles north of its established northernmost range," Professor Corrington asserted. That such an animal could be a stray or accidental one is out of the question, as these snakes are of a very stationary and retiring nature.
"The only explanation which the facts will admit is that the snake has been overlooked in the intervening territory of Florida, Georgia and the remainder of South Carolina. Further close search should reveal additional specimens."
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Near Columbia, South Carolina
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June 3.
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A party of students led by Prof. J. D. Corrington discovered an adolescent black swamp snake (seminatrix pygaea) in weeds and ponds near Columbia, South Carolina, extending its known range 360 miles north from Florida. The professor suggests it was overlooked in intervening territories and calls for further searches.