THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE LXXXVII 



INDIGO SNAKE, Spiloles corah couperi 



The largest serpent of the eastern United States, attaining a length of 9 feet. Sometimes called the Gopher Snake as it often takes 



refuge in the burrows of the gopher tortoise 



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CRIBO, Spiloles corais melannnis 



A north Mexican variety of 5. corais of South America, more closely approaching the typical form than the variety of the 



southeastern United States 



