THE REPTILE BOOK 



ISHntL 



PLATE XCIII 



PILOT BLACK SNAKE, Coluber obsoletus 

 Sometimes confused with the common blacksnake, but may be told by its keeled scales 



BLOTCHED CHICKEN SNAKE, Coluber obsoletus confinis 



Its occasional deportations among poultry are superficial as compared with its persistent search for rats and mice. Found in the 

 central and southeastern portion of the United States 



