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 . t contain a number of Old World species, while the NorthAmerican species stand as single representatives of their groupsin the New World. A simple key for the determination of thesesnakes is given, and is followed by detailed descriptions of theAmerican species and the genera to which they belong: Scales keeled; green above; yellowish beneath. KEELED-SCALED GREEN SNAKE, CyclophlS tZStlVUS. Scales smooth;
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 . t contain a number of Old World species, while the NorthAmerican species stand as single representatives of their groupsin the New World. A simple key for the determination of thesesnakes is given, and is followed by detailed descriptions of theAmerican species and the genera to which they belong: Scales keeled; green above; yellowish beneath. KEELED-SCALED GREEN SNAKE, CyclophlS tZStlVUS. Scales smooth; green above, whitish beneath. GREEN SNAKE; GRASS SNAKE, Liopeltis vernalis. The Genus Cyclophis: A number of species occur in thetemperate and tropical regions of Asia. All are of small sizeand the majority are of a uniform green, yellow or brown reptiles show arboreal habits and are mainly description of the only North American species follows: THE KEELED-SCALED GREEN SNAKE; GREEN WHIPSNAKE; MAGNOLIA SNAKE Cyclophis a-stii-us, (Linn.) Slender in form, with very long and gradually tapering scales are distinctly keeled. 322 THE KEPTILE BOOK PLATE CI. ROCK SNAKE, Hypsiglena ochrorhynchaDiminutive, secretive iu habits, and confined to the Southwest. Several allied species are found in Mexico
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