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9. Water Snake. Tropidonotus sipedon.
Length, fifty inches; back and sides, black and deep red-brown, with gray blotches; belly, dirty white, with red and black spots. The pattern of both sides does not match on the back. A fierce fighter, but said not to be poisonous.
10. Western Water Snake. Tropidonotus rhombifer.
Length, fifty inches; brown, with square black blotches on the back. Western.
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