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 . asa delicate shade of pink, the cross-bands jet-black; on the cen-tral portion of the back, for the width of about three scales, wasa stripe of rusty-red. Subsequent investigations show that thismarked and apparently constant form occurs from North Caro-lina to northern Florida, along the low, coast region, and west-ward along the Gulf Coast to Louisiana. It is locally knownas the Cane-brake Rattlesnake.
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 . asa delicate shade of pink, the cross-bands jet-black; on the cen-tral portion of the back, for the width of about three scales, wasa stripe of rusty-red. Subsequent investigations show that thismarked and apparently constant form occurs from North Caro-lina to northern Florida, along the low, coast region, and west-ward along the Gulf Coast to Louisiana. It is locally knownas the Cane-brake Rattlesnake. In a way, the colouration ofthis phase appeals to western individuals, as they may be palebrown or gray, and exhibit the pronounced reddish or tawnystripe upon the back. The general pattern of this species is well illustrated in aphotograph taken of a specimen that has freshly shed its are given of the most characteristic phases—theYellow Timber Rattlesnake, and the Black Timber Rattlesnake,both from Pennsylvania. Dimensions.—To represent the usual size of an adult spec-imen of this snake, the measurements of a Pennsylvania spec- 442 THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE CXXXI. TIMBER RATTLESNAKE, Crotalus horridus. Yellow Phase The species inhabits eastern North America, from New England to Florida (inclusive). In the mountainous districts of theNorthern States, the greater number of females are sulphur yellow, while the males are black, though this rule as tosex does not always hold good
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