e Alligators are distributed over the low and swampy ground from North
Carolina southward, but are becoming rare almost to the point of
extinction. Their skin is valued and their eggs are sought as food so
that they are annually becoming rarer. They are afraid of man, but if
cornered will fight. Their jaws are large, powerful and provided with
strong teeth, capable of inflicting serious injury. They feed on fish,
animals and birds. Alligators make a "bellowing" sound. The Crocodile is
livelier and more pugnacious than the Alligator, but there are no
"man-eating" Crocodiles in the United States.

INDEX

Adder,
Berg, 177
Checkered, 168
Flat-headed, 169
Puff, 169, 171

Agassiz's Tortoise, 181

Alligators, 183, 185

Alligator Snapping Turtle, 177

Anolis, 152

Banded
Gecko, 152
Mud Turtle, 180
Water Snake, 164

Beaded Lizards, 158

Berg Adder, 177

Black
-banded Skink, 159
Iguana, 153
Snake, 166
Mountain, 167
Pilot, 167

Blind Snakes, 163
California, 163
Texas, 163

Blow Snake, 169

Boas, 163
Rubber, 163

Box Turtle, 173

Brown Snake, 166

Bull Snake, 167

Bushmaster, 171

California
Blind Snake, 163
Horned Toad, 157

Cape
Gecko, 152
Iguana, 153

Chameleon, 152

Checkered Adder, 168

Chelonia, 147, 177

Chicken
Snake, 167
Red, 167
Turtle, 180

Chuckawalla, 154

Clark's Swift, 156

Coachwhip Snake, 166

Cobra,
King, 171
Spectacled, 171

Cobra-de-Capello, 169

Collared
Lizard, 151, 155
Swift, 156

Colubers, 167
Red, 167

Common Swift, 151, 156

Copperhead, 171

Coral Snake, 169

Corn Snake, 167

Cotton Mouth Snake, 169

Crocodiles, 183, 185

Crocodilia, 147, 185

Cumberland Terrapin, 180

Desert
Iguana, 154
Tortoise, 181

Diamond-back
Rattlesnake 173
Terrapin, 180
Water Snake, 165

Dinosaurs, 147

Eutaenia, 164

Fence Lizard, 151

Fer-de-lance, 171

Flapjack Turtle, 181

Flat-headed Adder, 169

Florida Skink, 159

Fox Snake, 167

Fresh-water Turtle, 177

Garter Snakes, 164

Gecko, 152
Banded, 152
Cape, 152
Reef, 152
Warty, 152

Gila Monster, 158

Glass Snake, 158

Gopher
Snake, 166, 167
Tortoise, 181

Grass Snake, 168

Green
Turtle, 177
Water Snake, 165
Whip Snake, 167

Ground Snake, 166

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