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CHAPTER 



XXXIV. 



THE GREEN SNAKES 



Representatives of the Genera Cydopbis and 

 Liopeltis Small Serpents that are of a 

 Uniform, Pale Green Above, and thus 

 Characteristic Among North American 

 Snakes ...... 



XXXV. SMALL, MISCELLANEOUS SMOOTH-SCALED SER- 

 PENTS; Genera Hypsiglena, Stilosoma, Rbadi- 

 nea, and Coniia ...... 



XXXVI. THE RING-NECKED SNAKES; Genus Diadopbis 

 Small, Smooth-scaled Serpents with Char- 

 acteristic Markings .... 



XXXVII. THE KING SNAKES; Genus Opbibolus 

 Smooth-scaled Constricting Serpents of Small, 



Medium and Large Size, which Derive the 

 Popular Title from their Habit of Killing 

 and Eating Both Harmless and Venomous 

 Snakes ...... 



XXXVIII. THE RAINBOW SNAKES 



Large and Brilliantly Coloured, Burrowing 

 Serpents, of the Genera Abasior and 

 Faranda ...... 



XXXIX. THE SHARP-NOSED SNAKES; Genera Carpho- 

 pbis, Ficimia, Chilomeniscus, Cemopbora, and 

 Rhinochilus 



Small, Burrowing Species, with Smooth Scales 

 XL. THE HOG-NOSED SNAKES; Genus Heterodon 



Three North American Species that are Inter- 

 esting from their Peculiar Form and 



Habits 



XLI . THE OPISTHOGLYPH SNAKES OF NORTH AMERICA 



A Division of Mildly Poisonous Serpents, with 



Grooved Fangs in the Rear of the Upper 



Jaw The Many Species Occur in Both the 



Eastern and the Western Hemispheres . 



XLI I. THE ELAPINE POISONOUS SNAKES; Sub-family 



Elapince 



A Large Sub-family of the Colubrida, Embracing 

 the Old World Cobras and their Allies, 

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