THE REPTILF. BOOK 



Copyrigut, 1907. by Duuuieoay. Page at Company 



HARLEQUIN SNAKE CORAL SNAKE. Elaps julvius. 



Several of the harmless snakes look much like this beautiful and dangerous little creature. It should be noted that the yellow ring: 

 border the black, a condition reversed among the non-venomous serpents with similar colours. The Coral Snake is a burrowing species, 

 often ploughed up in the fields yet it is sometimes found wandering 0.1 the surface. Its food consists of small snakes and lizards. The 

 habitat includes the Southern States and Mexico. 



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 SONORAN CORAL SNAKE Elaps euryxanthus. 

 A little known species of the Southwest and northern Mexico. 



