The Repthe Book 



Plate LXXni 



FLAT TAILED WATER SXAKE. Tropidonolus compresskaudus 

 Unique among the North American water snakes in having a vertically compressed tail. A small species, apparently restricted to Florida 



DL\MOMD-BACK WATER SNAKE. Tropidrmotus rhombijcr 

 A large species of the Mississippi Valley. It infests many of the smaller islands in the Mississippi River 



