king-snake

Elaps russelli, or king-snake; the rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus, or diamond-back); the copperhead

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914

At that time I had no idea of how very poisonous this seemingly innocent fellow was, but a mountaineer whom I knew very well told me it was a king-snake, and that he had seen one kill a rattlesnake several times larger than itself.

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914

There is in the United States a beautiful and attractive snake, the king-snake, with much the same habits as the mussurama.

I. The Start 1914

Doctor Brazil informed me that the mussurama, like the king-snake, was not immune to the colubrine poison.

I. The Start 1914

The king-snake will feed greedily on other snakes in the presence of man—I knew of one case where it partly swallowed another snake while both were in a small boy’s pocket.

I. The Start 1914

He had been loaned a king-snake, which, as all nature-lovers know, is not only a useful but a beautiful snake, very friendly to human beings; and he came rushing home to show the treasure.

IX. Outdoors and Indoors 1913

He had been loaned a king-snake, which, as all nature-lovers know, is not only a useful but a beautiful snake, very friendly to human beings; and he came rushing home to show the treasure.

An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913

But here was an absolute embrace for life, on the part of the king-snake at least, regardless of the wishes of the would-be divorce.

Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more, 1906

It is my deliberate opinion in recalling that combat, that the king-snake, man's self-constituted little champion, ought never to suffer harm at his hands.

Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more, 1906

He had been loaned a king-snake, which, as all nature-lovers know, is not only a useful but a beautiful snake, very friendly to human beings; and he came rushing home to show the treasure.

Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888