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 . Copyright. 1907, by Douhleday, Page & CompanyHARLEQUIN SNAKE : CORAL SNAKE, Eldps julviits. Several of the harmless snakes look much like this beautiful and dangerous little creature. It should be noted that the yellow ringsborder the black, a condition reversed among the non-venomous serpents with similar colours. The Coral Snake is a burrowing species,often ploughed up in the fields—yet it is sometimes
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 . Copyright. 1907, by Douhleday, Page & CompanyHARLEQUIN SNAKE : CORAL SNAKE, Eldps julviits. Several of the harmless snakes look much like this beautiful and dangerous little creature. It should be noted that the yellow ringsborder the black, a condition reversed among the non-venomous serpents with similar colours. The Coral Snake is a burrowing species,often ploughed up in the fields—yet it is sometimes found wandering on the surface. Its food consists of small snakes and lizards. Thehabitat includes the Southern States and Copyright, 1907, by Doubleday, Page & CORAL SNAKE, Elaps little known species of the Southwest and northern Mexico. CHAPTER XLIII: THE VIPERINE SNAKES FAMILY The Thick-bodied Poisonous Snakes of the New World — SerpentsDistinguished by Their Long Fangs, which Fold Against theRoof of the Mouth when it is Closed Classification and Distribution. — The family yipendce is ofmoderate size. It is composed of about one hundred and twenty-five species, representing thirteen genera. The species are scat-tered over the temperate and tropical portions of both the Easternand the Western Hemispheres. The Viperidcz is divided intotwo sub-families, these technically termed the Viperina (theTrue Vipers), the species of which are found only in the Old World,and the Cwtalina,, or Pit Vipers, occurring in both the Oldand the New World, but attaining their greatest size and varia-bility of form in the latter. Thus, in North America, all of thethick-bodied poisonous sn
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