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  • The first genus is the Crotalus, or rattlesnake proper; the second is the Caudisona, or ground-rattlesnake; the third is the Ancistrodon, or moccasin, one of the species of which is a water-snake; and the fourth is the Elaps, or harlequin snake.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • The first genus is the Crotalus, or rattlesnake proper; the second is the Caudisona, or ground-rattlesnake; the third is the Ancistrodon, or moccasin, one of the species of which is a water-snake; and the fourth is the Elaps, or harlequin snake.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • (_Ancistrodon piscivorus_), and the other the highland moccasin, pilot-snake or copper-head, (_Ancistrodon contortrix_).

    Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene 1896

  • On one occasion I saw a copperhead (_Ancistrodon contortrix_) in the midst of her young, and they seemed to be subservient to her beck and call.

    The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881

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