30 NATURAL HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF GROTON, MASS. 



REPTILES, ETC. 



Snapping Turtle. Chelydra serpentina. This is found in ponds 

 and rivers and grows to be very old, large, and fierce. Some have 

 weighed forty pounds and could easily carry a person on their 

 backs. 



Wood Turtle. Chelopus insculptus. Rather common. Found in 

 woods. 



Musk Turtle. Aromochelys odoratus. This is a rare turtle. 

 Found in ditches in the woods. 



Painted Turtle. Chrysemys picta. This is a common turtle, very 

 pretty. Found in ponds and ditches. 



Spotted Turtle. Chelopus guttatus. Quite common in ditches. 

 Prettily marked. 



Common Box Turtle. Cistudo Carolina. This is a very rare 

 turtle. Found in the woods. Our woods. 



Common Lizard. Sceloporus undulatus. I do not remember 

 to have found a lizard, but probably have done so and confused it 

 with the Salamanders, which it resembles. Mr. Fred H. Torrey 

 reports it from Sandy Pond. 



Rattlesnake. Crotalus horridus. This snake inhabits high, re- 

 mote places and is reported from time to time from the Throne, 

 Snake Hill, etc. 



Copperhead. Agkistrodon contortrix. I have never seen this 

 snake. It doubtless has been found here at some time. 



Milk Snake. Spotted Adder. Ophibolus doliatus triangulus. 

 Rare. 



Water Snake. Tropianotus sipedon. This is a fierce, common 

 snake, ugly looking. Found in ponds and ditches. 



Striped Snake, Garter Snake. Eutainia sirtalis. Common snake. 

 Found everywhere. 



Ribbon Snake. Eutainia saurita. Mr. Fred. H. Torrey reports 

 this as found in fields. 



Black Snake. Racer. Bascanion constrictor. This is the hand- 

 some black snake found everywhere. In the spring many may be 

 seen coiled up together in rocky places. They also run from branch 

 to branch among the trees, overhead. 



Grass Snake. Leiopeltis vernalis. Found everywhere in the grass. 

 Handsome. 



Ground Snake. Carphophiops amoenus. Found everywhere. 



