TuE Reptile BaOK 



Plate CXX 



HARLK(^>( i\ >\AkK LuRAL>NAkE. Euips juiviu^. 

 Several of the harmless snakes look miuh like this beautiful and dangerous little creature. It should be noted that the yellow rings 

 border the black, a condition reversed among the non-venomous serpents with :similar colours. The Coral Snake is a burrowing species, 

 often ploughed up in the tields— yet it is sometimes tound wandering on the surface. Its food consists of small snakes and lizards. The 

 lidbilat includes the Southern States and Mexico. 



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 SUNOKAN CORAL SNARK Elaps euryxanthus. 

 A Httle known species of the Southwest and northern Mexico. 



