THE REPTILE BOOK 



A COMPREHENSIVE, POPULARISED 

 WORK ON THE STRUCTURE AND 

 HABITS OF THE TURTLES, TORTOISES 

 CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS AND SNAKES 

 WHICH INHABIT THE UNITED 

 STATES AND NORTHERN MEXICO 



BY 



RAYMOND LEE DITMARS 



Curator of Reptiles in the New York Zoological Park 



EIGHT PLATES IN COLOUR AND MORE THAN 

 FOUR HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LIFE 



GARDEN CITY NEW YORK 

 DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 



1920 



