﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1943. 
  Cochran 
  

  

  Plate 
  2 
  

  

  1. 
  Coral 
  snake 
  (Micrurus 
  fulvius), 
  also 
  called 
  harlequin 
  or 
  bead 
  snake. 
  Color: 
  wide 
  rings 
  of 
  crimson 
  and 
  

   black, 
  the 
  latter 
  narrowly 
  bordered 
  with 
  yellow 
  (see 
  plate 
  1). 
  Length: 
  3 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  North 
  Carolina 
  to 
  

   Florida: 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  and 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  States 
  north 
  to 
  Ohio 
  and 
  Indiana. 
  Poisonous. 
  (Courtesy 
  

   Philadelphia 
  Zoological 
  Society.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Timber 
  rattlesnake 
  (Crotalus 
  horridus), 
  also 
  called 
  black 
  or 
  banded 
  rattler. 
  Color: 
  yellow 
  or 
  tan 
  with 
  

   wavy 
  cross 
  bands 
  of 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  black, 
  sometimes 
  almost 
  entirely 
  black. 
  Length: 
  5Vi 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  

   Maine 
  to 
  Georgia, 
  west 
  through 
  Louisiana 
  to 
  Texas; 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  States 
  into 
  Wisconsin. 
  Ex- 
  

   tremely 
  poisonous; 
  aggressive 
  if 
  disturbed. 
  (Courtesy 
  Philadelphia 
  Zoological 
  Society.) 
  

  

  