T*HE REPTILE BOOK 



Pi MT IAXXVII 



INDIGO SNAKE, Spilotes corals couperi 



The largest serpent of the eastern United States, attaining a length of 9 feet. Sometimes called the Gopher Snake as it often takes 



refuge in the burrows of the gopher tortoise 



CRIBO, Spilotes corais melanurus 



A north Mexican variety of 5. corais of South America, more closely approaching the typical form than the variety of the 



southeastern United States 



