THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE CXXII 



HEADS OF COPPERHEAD SNAKE AND WATER MOCCASIN. From top and side 



WATER MOCCASIN; "COTTON-MOUTH " SNAKE, Ancistrodon piscivorus 



Abounds in the Southern swamps and lagoons. Its hostile looks are in perfect keeping with a constantly vicious disposition 

 The species is very poisonous. It feeds upon birds, small mammals and frogs 



