THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE CXXH 



HEADS OF COPPERHEAD SNAKE AND WATER MOCCASIN. From top and side 



\V\TF.R MOCCASIN*; " COTTON-MOUTH " SNAKE, Ancistrodon piscivorm 



Abounds in the Southern swrimns and laRoons. Its hostile looks arc in oerfert keepine with a constantly vicious disposition 

 The species is very poisonous. It feeds upon birds, small mammals and frogs 



