LIST OF COLOUR PLATES 



FLATB 



i. DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE, Crotalus adamanteus. Lar- 

 gest of the North American Poisonous Serpents 

 and Second to Few of the Venomous Snakes of 

 the World in Point of Deadliness . . Frontispiece 



FACING PACK 



xii. EASTERN PAINTED TURTLE, Cbrysemys picta . 32 



WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE, Cbrysemys marginaia 32 



xv. YELLOW-BELLIED TERRAPIN, Cbrysemys scabra . 40 



CUMBERLAND TERRAPIN, Cbrysemys elegans . 40 



xxx. ALLIGATOR, Alligator mississippiensis ... 88 



AMERICAN CROCODILE, Crocodilus americanus . 88 



xxxvii. COLLARED LIZARD, Crotapbytus collaris . .114 



LEOPARD LIZARD, Crotapbytus wisli^enii . .114 



liv. GILA MONSTER, Heloderma suspedum. The only 



Poisonous Lizard Inhabiting the United States 172 

 cv. MILK SNAKE, Opbibolus doliatus triangulus. (New 



York) . .339 



SOUTHERN MILK SNAKE, Opbibolus doliatus clericus. 



(Maryland) 339 



SCARLET KING SNAKE, Opbibolus doliatus coc- 



cineus. (Florida) 339 



cxviii. HARLEQUIN SNAKE; CORAL SNAKE, Elaps fulvius . 402 

 SONORAN CORAL SNAKE, Elaps euryxantbus . . 402 



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