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 . tmay be told by the greater number of scale-rows and abdominalplates. The scales are in seventeen rows; the abdominal platesexist to the number of 183 10237 (A. E. Brown). It is the largestspecies of the genus, attaining a length of two feet. Colouration.—The typical form is dark bluish-gray above,the abdomen yellow or reddish, with numerous, small, blackspots; the pale hue of the abdomen extends upward
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 . tmay be told by the greater number of scale-rows and abdominalplates. The scales are in seventeen rows; the abdominal platesexist to the number of 183 10237 (A. E. Brown). It is the largestspecies of the genus, attaining a length of two feet. Colouration.—The typical form is dark bluish-gray above,the abdomen yellow or reddish, with numerous, small, blackspots; the pale hue of the abdomen extends upward over thefirst row of scales. On some specimens there are traces of ayellowish or reddish collar; on the greater number this is absent. The variety arnyi is brownish-black, which dark hue extendsdownward to the edges of the abdominal plates. Dimensions.—The length of an adult specimen is from twentyto twenty-four inches. Distribution.—The Central and Western States—Illinoissouthward to Arizona and thence to Vera Cruz. In the Centralregion the species has been taken in the states of Illinois, Iowa,Kansas and Missouri. It occurs in Colorado in the West. 338 THE RzpmE BOOK PLATE CV. Copyright, 1907, by Doubleday, Page &•. CompanyMILK SNAKE. Ophibolus doliatus trttingulus. New variety shows the blotches to extend but a moderate distance down the sides.
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