item: #1 of 9 id: 32140 author: Legler, John M. title: A New Snake of the Genus Geophis From Chihuahua, Mexico date: None words: 2232 flesch: 57 summary: Geophis aquilonaris_ differs from both species in having a higher number of ventral and subcaudal scales, a longer tail (tail contained in snout-vent length three to four times in _aquilonaris_, four and one half to six times in _dugesii_, 11 to 12 times in _cancellatus_), and in having more bands on the body (28 to 32 in _cancel latus_, two to seven in _dugesii_). four species (_cancellatus_, _dugesii_, _chalybeus_, and _semidoliatus_) have alternating pale and dark transverse markings and therefore superficially resemble _aquilonaris_. keywords: + =; = +; = =; scales cache: 32140.txt plain text: 32140.txt item: #2 of 9 id: 33966 author: Maslin, T. Paul title: Occurrence of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains date: None words: 6640 flesch: 63 summary: Nevertheless, _fitchi_ consistently has a dark ground color, whereas _parietalis_ is highly variable, and the color of an occasional specimen (for example KU 17032 from Douglas County, Kansas) matches _ornata_ in olive coloration. These unusually pale specimens of _parietalis_ differ from _ornata_ in not having a continuous black edge along each side of dorsal stripe; black pigment of this area is concentrated into rows of spots alternating with those of lower series. keywords: area; black; fitchi; mexico; new; parietalis; red; sirtalis; specimens; subspecies cache: 33966.txt plain text: 33966.txt item: #3 of 9 id: 34127 author: Hardy, Laurence M. title: Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard date: None words: 6291 flesch: 66 summary: ------------+----------+-----------+------------+---------+---------- Number |Number |Per cent |Number |Number |Per cent of |of |of |of |of |of Supralabials|specimens |occurrence |infralabials|specimens|occurrence ------------+----------+-----------+------------+---------+---------- 6-6 | 221 | 90.2 | 5-5 | 5 | 2.0 6-7 | 10 | 4.1 | 5-6 | 4 | 1.6 7-6 | 10 | 4.1 | 6-5 | 5 | 2.0 7-7 | 4 | 1.6 | 6-6 | 229 | 93.1 | | | 6-7 | 1 | 0.4 | | | 7-6 | 2 | 0.8 ------------+----------+-----------+------------+---------+---------- In three of the four specimens with 7-7 supralabials, the type of addition is the same on each side, whereas the other specimen has a different type of addition on each side. Variation in Contact of the Prefrontals and the Labials in 243 Specimens of Tantilla gracilis. ----------------------------------------------------+---------+---------- |Number |Per cent CHARACTERISTIC |of |of |specimens|occurrence ----------------------------------------------------+---------+---------- No contact | 147 | 60.5 Contact of prefrontal with second labial on right | 26 | 10.7 Contact of prefrontal with second labial on left | 10 | 4.1 Contact of prefrontal with each second labial | 53 | 21.8 Contact of prefrontals with labial two on left and | | labial three on right | 1 | 0.4 Contact of prefrontals with labial three on left and| | labial two on right | 3 | 1.2 Contact of prefrontals with labial two on left and | keywords: = =; characteristics; gracilis; length; n =; right; specimens; | | cache: 34127.txt plain text: 34127.txt item: #4 of 9 id: 34954 author: Duellman, William Edward title: Systematic Status of the Colubrid Snake, Leptodeira discolor Günther date: None words: 2371 flesch: 67 summary: Published July 14, 1958 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas PRINTED IN THE STATE PRINTING PLANT TOPEKA, KANSAS 1958 27-6708 Systematic Status of the Colubrid Snake, Leptodeira discolor Günther BY WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN At the time of completing my study of the genus _Leptodeira_ (1958) I had seen no specimens of _Leptodeira discolor_, a species described by Günther in 1860 and subsequently referred to the genus _Hypsiglena_ by Cope (1887), Boulenger (1894), and Mocquard (1908), and to the genus _Pseudoleptodeira_ by Taylor (1938). Variation._--Data on the syntypes of _Leptodeira discolor_ furnished by J. C. Battersby give some indication of the variation in the species. keywords: discolor; genera; günther; leptodeira; tantalophis cache: 34954.txt plain text: 34954.txt item: #5 of 9 id: 35213 author: Reid, Mayne title: Afloat in the Forest; Or, A Voyage among the Tree-Tops date: None words: 92736 flesch: 77 summary: Its timber is very hard and fine grained, and will stand the weather better than most other South American trees; but it cannot be procured in any great quantity, because, like many other trees of the Amazon, it is of a solitary habit, only two or three, or at most half a dozen, growing within the circuit of a mile. All ob you lay hold on de creepin' vine, an' pull um out from de tree. keywords: adventurers; birds; body; branches; canoe; chapter; close; course; cow; craft; crew; danger; dead; direction; distance; end; eyes; feet; fire; fish; forest; galatea; gapo; good; half; head; hour; indian; jacare; land; length; little; log; man; moment; munday; mundurucu; night; patron; place; richard; river; sapucaya; saw; species; sun; surface; swimmers; tapuyo; thought; time; tipperary; tom; tops; tree; trevannion; use; water; way; wood; young cache: 35213.txt plain text: 35213.txt item: #6 of 9 id: 37512 author: Wellman, John title: A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) date: None words: 22080 flesch: 77 summary: The _pulcher_ stock was isolated on the Pacific Coastal slopes of Guatemala, while _lineatus_ moved through the subhumid corridor of northern Middle America into México and southward toward Costa Rica (Stuart, 1954a). Conophis_ occurs in semi-arid habitat where _Cnemidophorus_ is common. keywords: + =; = +; = =; = |; body; brown; conophis; dark; dorsal; genus; length; lineatus; mus; museum; méxico; present; row; rows; scale; sci; snakes; species; specimens; stripes; text; | | cache: 37512.txt plain text: 37512.txt item: #7 of 9 id: 38308 author: Burkett, Ray D. title: Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) date: None words: 19760 flesch: 73 summary: Snakes in general are more resistant to snake venoms than other vertebrates of similar size, but there is no immunity even to their own venom. Effects of snake venoms on snakes. keywords: = =; = |; amphibians; bite; body; cent; cottonmouths; days; females; figures; fish; food; head; individuals; length; prey; reptiles; size; snakes; species; text; time; venom; water; young; | | cache: 38308.txt plain text: 38308.txt item: #8 of 9 id: 44680 author: Fenn, George Manville title: Jungle and Stream; Or, The Adventures of Two Boys in Siam date: None words: 117927 flesch: 89 summary: Said the Sahibs must know first. Make Phra stay and have a bit of dinner with us. keywords: bamboo; boat; boys; cameron; come; coming; course; day; doctor; elephant; enemy; english; eyes; father; fire; good; gun; hal; hand; harry; harry kenyon; head; help; hunter; jungle; kenyon; king; like; look; looking; man; men; mike; people; phra; place; right; river; sahib; sir; sree; thought; tiger; time; want; water; way cache: 44680.txt plain text: 44680.txt item: #9 of 9 id: 46590 author: Boulenger, George Albert title: The Snakes of Europe date: None words: 56776 flesch: 67 summary: 6. ZAMENIS GEMONENSIS, Laurenti (_Coluber viridiflavus_, Lacepède; _C. atrovirens_, Shaw) 4. TROPIDONOTUS TESSELLATUS, Laurenti (_Coluber hydrus_, Pallas) The Tessellated Water-Snake _Form._--Rather slender; head rather long and narrow; snout obtuse, not prominent; eyes and nostrils directed upwards and outwards, the former rather small, the latter somewhat valvular. keywords: asia; band; berus; black; body; brown; coluber; contact; coronella; dark; end; europe; eye; feet; form; fourth; half; head; illustration; labials; length; like; markings; maxillary; north; parts; poison; posterior; rows; scales; series; shields; single; smooth; snakes; snout; south; species; specimens; spots; subcaudals; tail; teeth; tropidonotus; upper; var; vipera; yellow; young; zamenis cache: 46590.txt plain text: 46590.txt