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 . WESTERN DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE, Crotalus atrox\ Western ally of the Diamond Rattlesnake. Grows to a length of seven feet. 1 Ki:i> hi \\in\ii k \\.\KK. Crotalus atrox rvber The body hue is a distinct, rusty red, while the imrkings an- quite obscure. The distribution is limited to the extreme western portion of the Colorado Desert and the arid ranges in Lower California The Rattlesnake* imen are note
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 . WESTERN DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE, Crotalus atrox\ Western ally of the Diamond Rattlesnake. Grows to a length of seven feet. 1 Ki:i> hi \\in\ii k \\.\KK. Crotalus atrox rvber The body hue is a distinct, rusty red, while the imrkings an- quite obscure. The distribution is limited to the extreme western portion of the Colorado Desert and the arid ranges in Lower California The Rattlesnake* imen are noted. This particular specimen showed average dimen-sions among several dozen specimens from the Eastern States: Total Length 3 ft. 8 inches. Length of Tail (exclusive of rattle) 2f Diameter of Body if Width of Head if Length of Head if The rattle consisted of ten perfectly uniform segments. The writers largest Pennsylvania specimen measured fivefeet and one inch in length. The largest specimen he has everexamined measured exactly six feet. It was two and a halfinches in diameter at the thickest part of the body, but the headwas proportionately very small, showing a total width of oneand seven-eighth inches. The rattle was made up of fourteenperfectly uniform segments. This fine specimen was capturedin Mi
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