﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1943. 
  -Cochran 
  

  

  Plate 
  23 
  

  

  1. 
  Rock 
  python 
  (Python 
  sebae) 
  . 
  Color: 
  pale 
  brown 
  above, 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  sinuous 
  cross 
  bars; 
  sides 
  with 
  

   large 
  and 
  small 
  dark 
  spots. 
  Length: 
  25 
  to 
  30 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  Central 
  and 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Able 
  to 
  crush 
  and 
  

   constrict 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  great 
  strength, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  bite 
  savagely 
  if 
  disturbed. 
  (Courtesy 
  Philadelphia 
  

   Zoological 
  Society.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Gould's 
  monitor 
  ( 
  1 
  'aranus 
  gouldii). 
  Color: 
  blackish 
  with 
  yellow 
  dots 
  in 
  rosettes 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  Length: 
  

   about 
  5 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  Australia 
  and 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  Like 
  others 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  it 
  fights 
  with 
  teeth 
  and 
  claws 
  

   and 
  threshing 
  tail 
  when 
  threatened. 
  (Courtasy 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park.) 
  

  

  