The Poisonous Serpents of the New World 



A Comparative Review 



By 



Raymond L. Ditmars 



CONTENTS 



North American Species 



Mexican and Central American Species 



South American Species 



Antivenines 



Bibliography 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Coral Snakes — 3 species 



Coral Snake — Head 



Coral Snakes — Body patterns 



Coral Snake — Central America 



Harlequin Snake 



Sonoran Coral Snake 



Harmless Snakes, like Corals 



B ushmaster — Skull 



Diamond-back Rattlesnake— Head 



Fer-de-lance — Head 



Copperhead 



Copperhead — Texas 



Water Moccasin 



Water Moccasin — Tropical 



Palm Viper — March's 



Palm Viper — Schlegel's 



Nose-horned Viper 



Viper — Godman's 



Jumping Viper 



Cotiarinha 



Island Tree Viper 



Viper — Maximilian's 



Viper — Maximilian's ( var. ) 



Fer-de-lance 



Fer-de-lance — Honduran 



Jararaca 



Jararacucu — Markings 



Urutu 



Jararacucu — Color 



Jararacucu — Pattern 



Fer-de-lance — Litter 



B ushmaster 



Pigmy Rattlesnake 



Massasauga 



Tropical Rattlesnake 



Tropical Rattlesnake (typical) 



Black-tailed Rattlesnake 



Diamond-back Rattlesnake — Eastern 



Diamond-back Rattlesnake — Western 



Red Diamond-back Rattlesnake 



Mohave Diamond-back Rattlesnake 



Prairie Rattlesnake 



Pacific Rattlesnake 



Pacific Rattlesnake — Black 



Great Basin Rattlesnake 



Grand Canyon Rattlesnake 



Panamint Rattlesnake 



White Rattlesnake 



Tiger Rattlesnake 



Banded Rattlesnake 



Banded Rattlesnake — Black 



Spotted Rattlesnake 



Green Rattlesnake 



Horned Rattlesnake 



Sidewinder Rattlesnake 



Extracting Venom 



Serpentarium — Tela, Honduras 



Snake Pit — Sao Paulo, Brazil 



Map, Venomous Snakes — North America 



Map, Venomous Snakes — Mexico, Cen- 

 tral America and Northern South 

 America 



Published in 

 BULLETIN 

 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 Volume XXXIII, No. 3 



Price, 35 cents 



