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CROTALIDiE. 



BANDED KATTLESNAKE * Crotalus horridus, Linne. 

 WATER RATTLESNAKE. Crotalus adamantens, Beauvois. 

 GROUND RATTLESNAKE. Caudisona miliaria, (Linnu) Baird and Girard. 

 BLACK RATTLESNAKE ; PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKE ; MASSASAUGA. Caudi- 

 sona tergemma, Say. 

 WATER MOCCASIN. Ancistrodon piscivorus, (Lacepede)Cope. 

 COPPERHEAD. Ancistrodon contortrix, (Linne) B. and G. 



ELAPID^. 



BEAD SNAKE. Elaps fulvius, (Linne) Cope. 



COLUBRID^. 



GROUND SNAKE; WORM SNAKE. Carphophiops amoenus, Say. 

 VALERIA'S SNAKE. Virginia valerise, Baird and Girard. 

 BROWN SNAKE. Haldea striatula, (Linne) B. and G. 

 CROWNED TANTILLA. Tantilla coronata, Baird and Girard. 

 RED-LINED SNAKE. Abastor erythrogrammmus, (Daudin) Gray. 

 RED-BELLIED HORN SNAKE. Farancia abacura, (Holbrook) B. and G. 

 YELLOW-BANDED SCARLET SNAKE, Cemophora coccinea, (Blumpnbaoh) 



Cope. 

 SCARLET SNAKE. Osceola elapsoidea, (Holbrook) B. and G. 

 SCARLET KING SNAKE. Ophibolus doliatus doliatus, (Linne) Cope. 

 RED KING SNAKE. Ophibolus doliatus coccineus, (Linne) Cope. 

 HOUSE SNAKE ; MILK SNAKE ; CHICKEN SNAKE ; THUNDER AND 



LIGHTNING SNAKE. Ophibolus doliatus triangulus, (Linne) Cope. 

 THUNDER SNAKE;! KING SNAKE; CHAIN SNAKE. Ophibolus getulus 



getulus, (Linn6) Cope. 

 BLOTCHED KING SNAKE. Ophibolus rhombomaculatus, Hoi brook. 

 RING-NECKED SNAKE. Diadophis punctatus punctatus, (Linne) Cope. 



* This and the suoceedino; species of venomous snakes, except the harlequin, can be 

 readily distinguished from the innocent ones, on close examination, by the presence 

 of a i)it in the cheek, between the eye and the nostril. No infallible remedy seems to 

 have been discovered for the cure of bites of these serpents. The immediate cauteriza- 

 tion of the wound and the application of large quantities of stimulants, alcohol, whisky, 

 and the like, internally, constitute the treatment most generally successful. Delay in 

 this matter is dangerous. 



