THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE XCVIII 



COMMON' PINE SNAKE, Pituophis melanoleucus 

 Found in the dry pine forests of the eastern region, from New Jersey southward. Grows to a length of 8 feet and hisses loudly when angered 



PINE SNAKE, Pituophis melanoleaeiis Southern phase 

 Differs from the Northern phase in having brownish in place of blackish blotches. A powerful constrictor feeding principally upon rodents 



