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than the preceding, seldom attaining a lengtli of more than 

 eleven inches. The young are produced alive, and are black 

 with a whitish ring around the neck. 



Range: The same as the preceding species, but may extend 

 farther north in Canada. 



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FIG. 16. STORER'S, OR RED-BELLIED SNAKE 



Local distribution: Not found within the immediate vicinity 

 of New York City, but is common northward ; occurs abundantly 

 in Orange, Rockland and Putnam Counties. 



POISOXOUS SPECIES. 



The Copperhead Snake, Ancistrodon contortrix (Fig. 17), is 

 a strongly marked species and easilv determined. The body 

 color is light chestnut brown, sometimes assuming a Copper- 

 tinge of pink, crossed with dark, reddish-brown bands, head Snake. 

 which are narrow on the back and wide on the sides, resembling 

 from above the outlines of a dumb-bell ; these bands are darkest 

 at their edges, particularlv on the sides of the body. The head 

 is somewhat lighter than the body, usually exhibiting a coppery 

 tinge or a bright hazel brown ; the sides of the head are of a still 



