In digging into the mud, sometimes a number of snake-like creatures,
between two and three feet long, are turned up--which have hidden
themselves away, often three feet below the surface--in the Southern
States. On examination, however, they will be found to have legs,
though small and feeble, with only two toes on each foot. They are of a
blackish-grey above, and a lighter hue beneath.
Another species of congo snake is found with three toes,--hence the name
of three-toed congo snake is given to it.