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The climate of Florida is in every way admirably adapted 
to snake-life; there is an abundance of water, moisture, pro- 
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ctive vegetation and geology, and fo ater-snakes 
especially abound; in the genera Natrix and Seminairix, which 
contain fifteen species all told, eight occur in Florida here 
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also we find the huge diamond-back rattlesnake, and there, too, 
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about one hundred and fifty-four species of serpents known to 
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n the field, as sahe season was backward, ne here and ther 
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life that the tourist season passes before nature fully awakens 
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snakes of the genus Natrix, species not identified, but resembling 
our northern water-snake (Natrix sipedon) he forty- 
five native species, fourtee! ured alive 
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who reports that: One is impressed with the great number of 
bark-inhabiting, especially bark-encrusting, lichens. Of course, 
not mean that a great many more of other kinds are 
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crustose, and the percentage will a even mes when all the 
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in quantity, but all the specimens were sterile. It seems 
probable that fruited specimens are not to be found in Florida. 
