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Fig. 27. Copperhead Snake, Aykistrodon mokasen mokasen. Coloration is vivid and 

 rather characteristic. The body hue is pale brown or reddish brown, with large 

 blotches on the sides like inverted "Ys." These are of rich, chestnut brown. Exam- 

 ined from above, a number of the markings will be seen to unite across the back, 



giving the outline of an hour glass. 



Fig. 28. (Lower) Massasauga, Sistrurus catenatus catenatus. A small rattlesnake 



which ranges easterly into the local area in a limited portion of western New York. 



Its rattle is an immediate point of identification. 



