The RKi'TiLt: Hook 



Plate CXVII 



AXN'ULATED SXAKE. Sibon scptentrimuiie 



This Western snake has short, stout fangs in the rear of the upper jaw. lu bite quickly paraK-ses small mammals and reptiles 



and it should be rated as a reptile dangerous to man, though not a deadly one 



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I and 2 



HE.U) OF HARLEQUIN' SVAKE. Baps julvius. ,i and 4 HEAD OF SONORA COR.AL SNAKE, E. euryxanlhus 



I Top. 2 Side. .? Side. 4 Top. 



Belonging to the subfamily Elapina. the Coral Snakes are allied to the cobras of the Old World. They have a pair of s'lor^P*'': 



manently erect fangs on the forward part of the upper jaw. 

 in Centra! and South America 



Their bites often prove fatal to man. Many species are found 



