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 . inches. Diameter of Body 2| Width of Head \f Length of Head 2$ The largest specimen examined by the writer measured58^ inches in length, and 9! inches in circumference. It wascaptured at Lake Kerr, Marion County, Florida. Distribution.—In the Atlantic Coast region, the Moccasinoccurs from North Carolina, in the vicinity of the Neuse River,southward throughout Florida ; thence it extends westwardinto east
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 . inches. Diameter of Body 2| Width of Head \f Length of Head 2$ The largest specimen examined by the writer measured58^ inches in length, and 9! inches in circumference. It wascaptured at Lake Kerr, Marion County, Florida. Distribution.—In the Atlantic Coast region, the Moccasinoccurs from North Carolina, in the vicinity of the Neuse River,southward throughout Florida ; thence it extends westwardinto eastern Texas. Its range northward is up the valley of theMississippi into southern Illinois and Indiana. In those statesbordering the Mississippi River proper and its lower tributaries,this snake is of general occurrence, although it is found in greatestnumbers along swampy areas of the Atlantic seaboard and theGulf of Mexico. Habits of the Waier Moccasin In its native wilds the Water Moccasin is an irritable andpugnacious reptile. After being a short time in captivity itbecomes tame, good-natured and lazy. Moreover it is very 416 THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE CXIX.
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