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 . A HAUNT OF THE DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE A road through the hammocks in South Carolina. The big Southern rattlesnake. Crotalus adamanteus, often crossed tlvs road at nightThe lagoon on the left teemed with water moccasins. A ncistrodon piscivorus. In the immediate vicinity, the writer, and an assistantcaptured over three hundred snakes—of various species—in less than two weeks time. c I —u. 1 ac xio c. Is uC •
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 . A HAUNT OF THE DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE A road through the hammocks in South Carolina. The big Southern rattlesnake. Crotalus adamanteus, often crossed tlvs road at nightThe lagoon on the left teemed with water moccasins. A ncistrodon piscivorus. In the immediate vicinity, the writer, and an assistantcaptured over three hundred snakes—of various species—in less than two weeks time. c I —u. 1 ac xio c. Is uC •ac ~£ gli p ss H •§ JJ 3 Jj fc o ^ •SB 1 S —HH ^ 1^*0^tJ ^J U ^ *g^ /•s *^ O < P W o •ji -J=S £ a r ^ H o-^L»- !-•*-• I5| gsf t) SO o v ^jz15< - The Rattlesnakes the early part of June, it prepares to shed its skin again and thedistension at the base of the diminutive rattle shows the presenceof another ring to be uncovered. This ring proves to be con-siderably larger than the first one; its increased size appeals tothe growth of the snake itself. The rattle now appears likeFig. 3 of the series of illustrations. In this way the developmentof the rattle goes on, each ring being of larger size than the pre-ceding until the snake has attained maturity and growth ceases. It can thus be appreciated that if the rattle of a snakepossesses the original button of birth, we may estimate the age cfthe reptile by allowing the button and first ring for about the firstnine months—this including the period of the first hibernation,and counting each thre
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