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dangerous reptile found in the Eastern and Central States 

 in moist lands and near woodlands. The same treatment 



FIG. 253. A copperhead three feet long. Photograph. 



as that directed for the rattlesnake prevents the bite from 

 resulting fatally. 

 The southern water mocassin (Ancistrodon piscivorous) 



FIG. 254. Ph 



nty-foot python ill the Philadelphia Zoological 

 Gardens. 



