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 . 2o. .8 ^ •rt .c « CO ^4 •Sj rt 4-> U> ugaRat esnake RattugaMGr rnan yatec gm PigMassWesMex . w ii 4J 4J 05 +> <u-4J— T2H s -- *w /-« y^ *-» P 8 .-8*3 S 413 CHAPTER XLIV: THE MOCCASINS GENUS ANCISTRODONDescriptions of Ike Species—Their Habits WITH this genus the student is referred to a small group ofCrotaline snakes. Characteristic from the large shields on thetop of the head, arranged in sim
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 . 2o. .8 ^ •rt .c « CO ^4 •Sj rt 4-> U> ugaRat esnake RattugaMGr rnan yatec gm PigMassWesMex . w ii 4J 4J 05 +> <u-4J— T2H s -- *w /-« y^ *-» P 8 .-8*3 S 413 CHAPTER XLIV: THE MOCCASINS GENUS ANCISTRODONDescriptions of Ike Species—Their Habits WITH this genus the student is referred to a small group ofCrotaline snakes. Characteristic from the large shields on thetop of the head, arranged in similar fashion to the head-plates ofthe harmless snakes. This character produces a general resem-blance between the Moccasins, and many of the thick-bodied,harmless serpents with coarsely keeled scales—such as the WaterSnakes, genus Tropidonotus. From such reptiles, however, theMoccasins may be readily distinguished by the pit betweenthe eye and the nostril, and the elliptical pupil of the eye ascompared to the round pupil of the innocuous serpents. Bytheir head plates, the Moccasins appeal—among the Pit Vipers—to the Dwarf Rattlesnakes, genus Sisinirus. The genus Ancistrodo
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