Description

For lovers of reptilia, Prince EdwardIsland is a desolate place. Turtlesand tortoises are unknown. Alligatorsand crocodiles are distant memories.There are no lizards. We do, however,have relatively low populations of a fewkinds of snakes.While our eyes may long for thingsthat slither, it is an uncommon day thatprovides such visions. Even in Islandplace names, snakes suffer anonymity.We acknowledge a few mammals, theodd insect, even an amphibian or two —but no Rattlesnake Rock, no Black SnakeCrossing, no Garter Snake Road. Perhapsthis is simply indicative of the (generallybiased) outlook of humans towardtheir distant cousins, or, more charitably,it is simply oversight.