KING SNAKE. 

 The King Snake is cannibalistic, and is well 

 known through its ability to kill and eat the various 

 poisonous snakes. Is immune to the poison of 

 Crotaline snakes, and kills its prey by crushing it 

 in its powerful coils. 



60. Lampropeltis getulus floridana (Blanchard). 

 FLORIDA KING SNAKE. 

 The extreme southern representative of getu- 

 lus. Reaches a greater size than the typical form. 

 61. Lampropeltis getulus nigra (Yarrow). 



BLACK KING SNAKE. 

 Replaces getulus in Ohio. 



Natrix (Genus). 



62. Natrix kirtlandi (Kennicott). 



KIRTLAND'S SNAKE. 

 A small species which has taken up a partly 

 terrestrial life. Common at Cincinnati, where it is 

 known as the "Red-Bellied Snake", a name applied 

 to the species of Storeria in the East and to A6as- 

 tor in the South. 



63. Natrix septemvittata (Say). 



QUEEN SNAKE. 

 Frequents the banks of small brooks. A 

 rather degenerate form. 



64. Natrix sipedon sipedon (Linne). 

 COMMON BANDED WATER SNAKE. 

 Greatly resembles the Cottonmouth Moccasin 

 (Agkistrodon piscivorus)^ for which it is often mis- 

 taken. The points of difference between these 



