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 . the most beautiful of North Americanserpents, the species is easily recognised. The ground-colouris pale red. On the back is a series of large, crimson saddlesnarrowly bordered with black; on many specimens there is anarrow white margin outside of the black; on each side of thebody is a smaller series of similar blotches and beneath this ayet smaller series which terminates at the edges of the abdominalp
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 . the most beautiful of North Americanserpents, the species is easily recognised. The ground-colouris pale red. On the back is a series of large, crimson saddlesnarrowly bordered with black; on many specimens there is anarrow white margin outside of the black; on each side of thebody is a smaller series of similar blotches and beneath this ayet smaller series which terminates at the edges of the abdominalplates and shows more of an orange hue than red. In bold contrast to the markings of the upper surface, theabdomen is white with large black squares. On the neck and immediately behind the head is a red blotchextending forward in two branches to the top of the head andthence forward to form a wedge-shaped marking terminatingbetween the eyes. A red stripe crosses the forehead and frombehind each eye runs a line of similar colour, bordered with blackand terminating at the angle of the mouth. The plates of theupper and lower lips arc whitish, with black borders. 300 w H 2a 1 ? £ W Pi u a. THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE XCYI
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