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 . PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKE, Crotalits confluent us A reptile swarming over the western prairies. The clay-colored markings are in perfect harmony with the soil. Few examples are over four feet long. I \CIIir Cr,>t,ilii*The common rattlesnake of the Pacilu Region. A jet n k pin,, i*. ahimclant in the northern portion of the range An adult is about [OUI Ircl long The Rattlesnakes Dimensions.—
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 . PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKE, Crotalits confluent us A reptile swarming over the western prairies. The clay-colored markings are in perfect harmony with the soil. Few examples are over four feet long. I \CIIir Cr,>t,ilii*The common rattlesnake of the Pacilu Region. A jet n k pin,, i*. ahimclant in the northern portion of the range An adult is about [OUI Ircl long The Rattlesnakes Dimensions.—Occasional specimens six feet in length aretaken, and sometimes, though very rarely, seven-foot specimensare recorded. All of the records for these very large specimensseem to come from Texas. Records from various localitiesprove interesting conditions regarding dimensions, for thereappear to be several races of the species, some dwarfed and sel-dom growing to a length of four feet; others averaging a lengthof five feet with quite slender bodies; while from some localitiesall of the snakes develop to a considerable size and are more thick-set than the former reptiles. From several dozen Texas spec-imens an average has been figured, and follows: Total Length 4 feet, 6 inches. Tail, without rattle 3f Diameter of Body 2\ Width of Head. i| Length of Head 2J Length of Rattle
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