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 . NORTH AMERICAN COLUBERS i, 2 Gray Coluber, Cjluberobsolettisconfinis. 3, 4 Chicken Snake, Coluber obsolctus quadriviltatus. 5, 6 Fox Snake, Coluber ,^ Corn Snake, Colubergutlaliu. The Rat Snakes or Colubers clubbed to death the harmless snakes upon his lands, may boastabout the extermination of the reptiles, but fails to realise thathis labours in setting traps to destroy vermin constitute butw
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 . NORTH AMERICAN COLUBERS i, 2 Gray Coluber, Cjluberobsolettisconfinis. 3, 4 Chicken Snake, Coluber obsolctus quadriviltatus. 5, 6 Fox Snake, Coluber ,^ Corn Snake, Colubergutlaliu. The Rat Snakes or Colubers clubbed to death the harmless snakes upon his lands, may boastabout the extermination of the reptiles, but fails to realise thathis labours in setting traps to destroy vermin constitute butweak and unsuccessful efforts of the work the snakes have beensteadily maintaining. The Colubers may generally be recognised by the flattenedabdomen, the crawling-surface forming almost right angles withthe sides. The body is moderately stout, the head broadand rather square. The scales of the body are so feebly keeledthat with most of the species they appear quite smooth unlessvery closely examined. In making up a key for these serpents, the colouration hasbeen employed as the distinguishing character. This popularisesthe key but throws the species out of the order in which theyshould
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