Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 23, 1788
Primary Source Reference:
Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 23 Aug 1788
Additional Source Text:
The donor was "of Maryland."
Also listed in State Gazette of South Carolina (Charleston), 22 Sep 1788
Notes:
The mud snake (Farancia abacura), endemic to the southeastern United States, is also called the horned snake because it has a sharp point on the end of its tail.
The donor was Araminta Alexander (1773-1854) of Somerset, Md. Her father, Loyalist Robert Alexander (1740-1805), a former delegate to Congress, was declared a traitor and his lands confiscated, except for a small portion set aside for his wife and children, who remained in Maryland. Selected Papers, 1: 521n
Specimen Type:
Individual parts
Peale's Common Name:
Horn-snake
Current Common Name:
Mud snake
Current Scientific Name
Farancia abacura
