RM2AJ9JEJ–The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . RAINBOW SNAKE, Abas/or erythrogrammus KING SNAKE, Ophibolus getulus.
RM2AJ7E21–The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . COMMON KING SNAKE ; CHAIN SNAKE, Ophibolus getulus A notoriously cannibalistic reptile of the Southeast. It kills and eats venomous as well as harmless serpents, and is immune tothe bites of the former. Also feeds upon rodents. It is a curiously gentle reptile as regards its demeanour toward man. BOYLES KING SNAKE, Ophibolus gelulus boyliiDiffers from the preceding only in the pattern and distribution. T
RM2AJCHTW–The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . not wear liis silk neckerchief—hisKinffs-man, as it is called — is known to be in desperatecircumstances. 3la;/hew, London Labour and London Poor, L 53. king-snake (kingsnak), >i. A large harmlessserpent of the United States, Ophibolus getulus,and some related species, as O. suyi, of thefamily Coliihrida, spotted with jet-black andwhite or yellowish-white. It is regarded as anenemy of the i attlesnake, which it attacks andkills by con.jtrietion. kings-piece(ki
RM2ANGKG5–Catalogue of New York reptiles and batrachians . Ophibolus getulus getulus (Linn.) Chain snakeDe Kay. Coluber getulusJordan. Lampropeltis getulus Scales smooth, in 21-23 rows. Head black, with yellow spots; color above black, crossed by about30 narrow, continuous yellow lines, which bifurcate on the flanks;bejow, yellow, bltttched with black. Length 50 inches. Not uncommon in the pine woods of New Jersey, and also found,but rarely, in what are called the brush plains of Long Island.De Kay. 42, p. 38 376 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Hough, (52, p. 23) in describing his collection made for the statemus
RMRM2T0M–. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 230. Ophibolus getulus botlii Baird and Girard. = 1. Pasadena, California. Cat. No. 1117, U.S.N.M. condition to the other is observable. The general pattern is thus: A black body, encircled by white rings, which are wider on the sides and beneath. The end of the tail is distinctly annulated. Occasionally some of the black scales on the sides have indistinct white spots in the centers. Labials, plates on the sides of the head, and above
RMRM2T3B–. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 227. OPHIBOLUS GETULUS GETULUS LlNN^US. = 1. Newberu, North Carolina. Cat. No. 8077, U.S.N.M. Black, crossed by about thirty narrow, contiuuous yellow lines, wliicli bifur(;ate on the flanks, the very obtuse angles embracing on each side a series of very much elongated patches, and iu fact, by the union of the branches with each other, dividing the back into a succession of large black hexagons. Very similar in. general relations to 0.
RMRGK7EB–. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Fig. 12 Ophibolus getulus getulus be neglected or suppressed; but, if true, the distribution thus given the chain snake is remarkable. Further data on this point would be of great Bervice, and I would consider it a favor if some St Lawrence county naturalist would investigate the matter. 12 Natrix fasciata (Linn.) Jordan. Natrix BipedoD 11 carinated, in 23 or 2:» rows. General form robust; tail not long. General color above bright reddish brown to gray, usually marked by large; dark brown, transverse spot>; below yel- lowish or reddish, usually w
RMRM6JWD–. Annual report of the Regents. New York State Museum; Science. Pig. 12 Ophibolus getulus getulus be neglected or suppressed; but, if true, the distribution thus given the chain snake is remarkable. Further data on this point would be of great service, and I would consider it a favor if some St Lawrence county naturalist would investigate the matter. 12 Natrix fasciata (Linn.) Jordan. Natrix sipedon Scales all carinated, in 23 or 25 rows. General form robust; tail not long. General color above bright reddish brown to gray, usually marked by large, dark brown, transverse spots ; below yel- lowi
RMRM2T2B–. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 918 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. OPHIBOLUS GETULUS SPLENDIDUS Baird and Girard. Ophiholns yetulus spleiidldiin Coi'K, Check-list N. Anier. Hatr. Kept., 1875, p. 37. Ophibolus splendidiis Baird and (iiUAUO, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, Serp., 1853, p. 83.—Baird, II S. Hex. Bound. Surv., II, 1859, p. 20, pi. xiv. Lampropeltis splendlda Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 255. Black above; the sides black, with a white spot in each
RMRM2T52–. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 914 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. OPHIBOLUS GETULUS GETULUS Linnaeus. Ophiholus r/ettihts getiilas Cope, Cbeck-list N. Amer. Jiatr. Rept., 1875, p. 37. Coluber gcttilus Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 1,1766, p. 382.—Harlax, .Journ. Acad. xNat. Sci. Phila., V, 1827, p. 358.—Peale, Contr. Maclur. Lye, I, 1829, pi. v.— GiiNTiiER, Cat. Col. Snakes Brit. Mus., 1858, p. 249. Fi^eudoddps (jeUdus Fitzinger, Neue Class. Rept., 1826, p. 56. Coronella gedda
RM2AJ7JMX–The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . 1,3 Milk Snake, Ophibolus doliatustriangulus. N. Y. 2, 4 Red Milk Snake, O. d. clericus. Va. 5, 8 Brown King Snake, O. rhombomaculatus. Va. ii, 12 Common King Snake, O. getulus. Fla.q Boyles King Snake, O. gettilus boylii. Cal.6, 7, 10 Arizona King Snake, O zonatus. Ariz. THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE CIV. BROWN KING SNAKE, Ophibolus rhombomaculatus. Young AdultThe young look much like the adults of a more west
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