. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 646 OPHIDIA easily tame. A gentleman in Berlin, rather too much addicted to making pets of poisonous snakes, had a pair which propagated regularly. When I was a boy he invited me to feed the young Water-Vipers with fishes cut into strips, and I enjoyed this immensely until he warned me not to touch the mother, which might bite strangers. A. contortrix s. Trigonocephalus cenchris (part), the " Moccasin- Snake " or " Copper-head," is one of the few poisonous snakes. Pig. nS.—AncistrodoH contortrix (Moccasin-Snake or Copper-head), x J.
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 646 OPHIDIA easily tame. A gentleman in Berlin, rather too much addicted to making pets of poisonous snakes, had a pair which propagated regularly. When I was a boy he invited me to feed the young Water-Vipers with fishes cut into strips, and I enjoyed this immensely until he warned me not to touch the mother, which might bite strangers. A. contortrix s. Trigonocephalus cenchris (part), the " Moccasin- Snake " or " Copper-head," is one of the few poisonous snakes. Pig. nS.—AncistrodoH contortrix (Moccasin-Snake or Copper-head), x J. which possess a loreal shield, a shield intercalated between the pre-oculars and the nasals ; below it lies the pit. The general colour is yellowish to pink or pale brown, with dark brown or red cross-bars or triangular marks. The under surface is yellowish or reddish, speckled with grey or brown, and with a lateral series of large blackish spots. Total length of full-grown specimens about one yard. The Moccasin-Snake ranges from Massachusetts and Kansas to Northern Florida and Texas. It prefers swampy localities or meadows with high grass, where it hunts for small Mammals and Birds. ZacA«sis.—Without a rattle. The upper surface of the head IS covered with very small shields or with scales. About forty. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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