THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE LXXVII 



FLAT TAILED WATER SNAKE, Tropidonotus compressicaudus 

 Unique among the North American water snakes in having a vertically compressed tail. A small species, apparently restrrcted to Florida 



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DIAMOND-BACK WATER SNAKE, Tropidonotus rhombifer 

 A large species of the Mississippi Valley. It infests many of the smaller islands in the Mississippi River 



