Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology . elementarytextbo00kell Year: [c1915] FIG. 124.—The rattles of the rattlesnake. The lower figure shows a longi- tudinal section of the rattle. The chestnut-colored copperheads, Agkistrodon contortrix, occur throughout the eastern and middle United States. They are very vicious and dangerous, striking without warning. The water-moccasin, Agkistrodon pisciwris, of the southern states is the most dangerous of our serpents. It is found in swampy places and in the water. It is ill-tempered and aggres- sive, striking on the slightest provocati
Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology . elementarytextbo00kell Year: [c1915] FIG. 124.—The rattles of the rattlesnake. The lower figure shows a longi- tudinal section of the rattle. The chestnut-colored copperheads, Agkistrodon contortrix, occur throughout the eastern and middle United States. They are very vicious and dangerous, striking without warning. The water-moccasin, Agkistrodon pisciwris, of the southern states is the most dangerous of our serpents. It is found in swampy places and in the water. It is ill-tempered and aggres- sive, striking on the slightest provocation. The poisonous harlequins or coral-snakes, Elapsfulvius, that live in the south- eastern United States, are also very venomous. They are black, very strikingly marked by broad, yellow-bordered, crimson rings.
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