THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE CXX 



Copyright. 1907, by Doubleday. Page & Company 

 HARLEQUIN SNAKE : CORAL SNAKE, Elaps fulvius. 



Several of the harmless snakes look much like this beautiful and dangerous little creature. It should be noted that the yellow rings 

 border the black, a condition reversed among the non-venomous serpents with similar colours. The Coral Snake is a burrowing species, 

 often ploughed up in the fields yet it is sometimes found wandering on the surface. Its food consists of small snakes and lizards. The 

 habitat includes the Southern States and Mexico. 



Copyright, 1907, by Doubleday, Page & Company 

 SONORAN CORAL SNAKE. Elaps euryxanthiis. 

 A little known species of the Southwest and northern Mexico. 



