THE REPTILE Book 



PLATE XO'i 



FLAT-NOSED SNAKE. Salvadora grahumue 

 Closely allied to the racers, but necessarily placed in a separate genus owing to the peculiar development of the snout 



FOX SNAKE, Coluber iidpinus 



Receives its name from a strong-smelling secretion in glands near the base of the tail. A powerful constrictor. Inhabits the 

 Central States. It is useful to the farmer, as it feeds largely upon rats and mice 



