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 . KEELED GREEX SXAKE, Cydophis astwus \ v. idely distributed, uniform green species. The scales are sharply keeled. Insect larva; form the principal food. ? OREFA SNAKE, ,-lti^ rcr,,:,li<;\Virloly iliMrihutcd and distinct from the nrrroflinR • ..wind I thr ;,tli M :ilrs. I-Vcils spiders, and the larva- of moths ami butterflies ^, crickets, The Bull Snakes exi
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 . KEELED GREEX SXAKE, Cydophis astwus \ v. idely distributed, uniform green species. The scales are sharply keeled. Insect larva; form the principal food. ? OREFA SNAKE, ,-lti^ rcr,,:,li<;\Virloly iliMrihutcd and distinct from the nrrroflinR • ..wind I thr ;,tli M :ilrs. I-Vcils spiders, and the larva- of moths ami butterflies ^, crickets, The Bull Snakes exist to a considerably greater number than with the snakesof the genus already described, are much smaller, and closelysucceeding one another. On the sides is a very obscure seriesof smaller blotches. Beneath, the colour is yellowish, withsmall and dark blotches at the edges of the abdominal plates. Variations.—There is considerable variation of the colourof the blotches on the back. These vary from intense black onsome specimens, to reddish-brown on others. Young specimensare marked like the parent. Dimensions.—The Pacific Coast Bull Snake does not appearto attain so great a length as the species inhabiting the are the measurements of an adult specimen: Total Length 4 ft. 7 inches. Diameter of Body . i
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