The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . YELLOW CHICKEN SNAKE FOUR-BANDED COLUBER—AdultColuber obsolelus qmidriiiltatus This fine serpent of the Southeastern States sometimes enters poultry houses, where it eats the eggs and very young fowlsMost frequently, however, its presence in such places is prompted by a search for rats and mice /al-1!1. EGGS or FOUR-BANDED. COLUBER, i ,lnhrr i>hli-iii\ quadrivittoitu During their incubation in wood pu
The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . YELLOW CHICKEN SNAKE FOUR-BANDED COLUBER—AdultColuber obsolelus qmidriiiltatus This fine serpent of the Southeastern States sometimes enters poultry houses, where it eats the eggs and very young fowlsMost frequently, however, its presence in such places is prompted by a search for rats and mice /al-1!1. EGGS or FOUR-BANDED. COLUBER, i ,lnhrr i>hli-iii\ quadrivittoitu During their incubation in wood pulp or decomposing vegetation, the eggs steadily increase in size YOUN OF THE FOUR-HAM )KD COLUBER The <tron(fly blotched young show then-Utionship to the Pilot Blacksnake The Rat Snakes or Colubers Dimensions.—Few specimens are over four feet in lengthand the greater number are below this size. Distribution.—States west of the Mississippi River, fromKansas to New Mexico. Common in Texas and known as thespotted chicken snake in some districts. The species extendssome distance into the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, where itseems to be more abundant than in the United States. Habits.—Similar to the preceding species. It is not a vicioussnake and soon becomes very gentle in captivity. The food con-sists principally of young rats and mice—sometimes small snake is a very agile climber and is often found in specimens take immediate advantage of a branch or
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