TERRAR.IA AND AQUA-TERRARIA 



"Racer". Found in shady places or near streams and ponds, sometimes 

 basking in the sun. Common in the Eastern and Middle States, and 

 south. It is a harmless constrictor, living on small animals and fishes. 



Pituophis melanoleucus (Daud.), or Pine Snake, Bull Snake, has a 

 small oval head with projecting elongated snout, long and somewhat robust 

 body covered with large hexagonal strongly carinate scales above, and 

 very large and broad plates below. The abrupt slender tail terminates in 

 a horny point. The color of the head is dusky-white with black mot- 

 tlings, that of the back and tail milky-white, more or less clouded and 

 covered with brown blotches margined with black, and the lower surface 

 cream-white. There are three series of lateral blotches on the side. 

 Length 60 inches. It feeds on small animals and is common in pine 

 woods from New Jersey to Michigan arid south. 



Diadophis punctatus (Lmn.), or Ring-necked Snake, has a rather small, 

 flattened head and rounded snout, a slender body covered with evenly 

 imbricated carinated scales above, and rather broad plates on the under 

 surface. The tail is rather short, slender and pointed. The color of the 

 head is greyish-black with a conspicuous yellow ring about the neck. 

 The back and tail above are blue-black, each plate usually having a black 

 spot on each side and sometimes a fainter median one. The lower surface 

 is reddish-yellow, sometimes mottled with a darker color on the sides. 

 Length 15 inches. A timid, harmless, beautiful snake, living concealed 

 under the bark of trees, logs and stones, feeding upon insects, and found 

 along almost the entire eastern tier of States, west to Kansas. 



Lampropeltis getulus (Linn.), or Chain Snake, Thunder Snake, has a 



small short head rounded at the snout, a robust elongated body covered 



above with smooth large haxagonal scales, and large plates below. The 



tail is short and tapering, and ends in a horny point. This finely marked 



snake has a shining raven-black color with yellow lines forking on the 



flanks, and is marked with about twenty transverse bars, which form 



white blotches below, where the black color assumes a somewhat violet 



tone. Found in the Eastern and Middle States,' from the Alleghany to 



the Rocky Mountains, in moist and shady places, feeding on small animals. 



Lampropeltis doliatus (Linn.), or Red Snake, Corn Snake, has a rather 



short head and rounded snout, an elongated moderately robust body 



covered with small smooth hexagonal scales above and broad plates below. 



The tail is rather short and tapering with a horny point. The upper 



surface is red, with about twenty pairs of black rings about smaller 



yellowish-white ones, and the head is red with a white band about 



the neck. The lower surface is dull white, marked with broad black 



lines and blotches. A most beautiful red, black and white snake. 



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