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 . nto parallel blackbands on the abdomen—a phase of pattern eliciting the varietalname parallelus, of Prof. Cope. The top of the head may be almost entirely black or reddish,with a broad black band—with some specimens largely the preceding varieties (iriangulus and clericus) there isno pale band from behind the eye to the angle of the mouth. Dimensions.—The general conformation is much like t
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 . nto parallel blackbands on the abdomen—a phase of pattern eliciting the varietalname parallelus, of Prof. Cope. The top of the head may be almost entirely black or reddish,with a broad black band—with some specimens largely the preceding varieties (iriangulus and clericus) there isno pale band from behind the eye to the angle of the mouth. Dimensions.—The general conformation is much like thepreceding forms, but this form is distinctly smaller in size. Distribution.—Maryland to Florida. In the northern portionof the range—westward to Illinois. In the southern portion,westward to Oklahoma and eastern Texas. WESTERN MILK SNAKE; RINGED KING SNAKEOphibolus doliatus variety gentilis, (B. & G.) In the consideration of this variety, we observe anotherphase of variation away from the ancestral form. While thepreceding varieties have inclined toward a constriction of thered blotches, thus pivsenting a more spotted appearance than the 348 THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE CVIII. COMMON KING SNAKE ; CHAIN SNAKE, Ophibolus getulus A notoriously cannibalistic reptile of the Southeast. It kills and eats venomous as well as harmless serpents, and is immune tothe bites of the former. Also feeds upon rodents. It is a curiously gentle reptile as regards its demeanour toward man
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