A popular history of reptiles; or, An introduction to the study of the class reptilia1843 |
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... marked steps , into that of the snakes ; the genera Scincus , Seps , Bipes , Pygopus , and others , on the part of the former , merging into the genera Pseudopus , Ophi- saurus , and Anguis , ( slow - worm , ) on the part of the latter ...
... marked steps , into that of the snakes ; the genera Scincus , Seps , Bipes , Pygopus , and others , on the part of the former , merging into the genera Pseudopus , Ophi- saurus , and Anguis , ( slow - worm , ) on the part of the latter ...
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... horn with which it is covered are often most elegantly marked with alternate raised lines and furrows , and at the same time beautifully coloured . These plates , however , are too thin 30 [ ORDER I. TERRESTRIAL TORTOISES .
... horn with which it is covered are often most elegantly marked with alternate raised lines and furrows , and at the same time beautifully coloured . These plates , however , are too thin 30 [ ORDER I. TERRESTRIAL TORTOISES .
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... marked each with a large triangular spot of black . Total length fifteen to sixteen inches . is The MOORISH TORTOISE , ( T. Mauritanica . ) - The name of Moorish Tortoise is given to this species , not because it inhabits the north of ...
... marked each with a large triangular spot of black . Total length fifteen to sixteen inches . is The MOORISH TORTOISE , ( T. Mauritanica . ) - The name of Moorish Tortoise is given to this species , not because it inhabits the north of ...
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... the elevation of its front margin by which the Galapagos Tortoise is distinguished from the Indian , ( T. elephantina , ) are strongly marked . alone possess springs , and these are always situated to- 48 ORDER I. TESTUDO INDICUS .
... the elevation of its front margin by which the Galapagos Tortoise is distinguished from the Indian , ( T. elephantina , ) are strongly marked . alone possess springs , and these are always situated to- 48 ORDER I. TESTUDO INDICUS .
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... marked individuals , con- sider that they can move a distance of about eight miles in two or three days . One large Tortoise which I watched , I found walked at the rate of sixty yards in ten minutes ; that is , three hundred and sixty ...
... marked individuals , con- sider that they can move a distance of about eight miles in two or three days . One large Tortoise which I watched , I found walked at the rate of sixty yards in ten minutes ; that is , three hundred and sixty ...
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ACONTIAS Africa Amphibia animal appear aquatic belonging Bibron birds bite body bones brown carapace Chameleon claws Cobra colour common concealed covered creature Crocodile Cuvier darts Dumeril edge eggs Emys engraving eyes feed feet fishes flesh folds Frog Geckos genera genus green ground habits Hamadryas head horny Iguana inches India inhabits insects islands jaws known Lacépède latter length limbs living Lizard lungs margin marsh Tortoises Matamata meleon membrane mouth moveable muzzle Naja native naturalists neck nostrils observed orifice plastron plates poison portion posterior prey Python quadrupeds Rattlesnake Reptiles resembling ribs ridge Sand Lizard Sauria says scales seen seize Serpents side skin slender Slow-worm Snake sometimes species specimen spot surface swallowed swim tail teeth terrestrial throat tion Toad toes toise tongue torpid trees Turtle upper Varans venomous venomous Snake vertebræ Viper Viviparous Lizard yellow yellowish young
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Стр. 208 - He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made : for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it : and he called it Nehushtan.
Стр. 227 - ... The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Стр. 112 - Who can open the doors of his face ? His teeth are terrible round about.
Стр. 112 - Sharp stones are under him ; he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire, he maketh the deep to boil like a pot, he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Стр. 249 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse heels, So that his rider shall fall backward.
Стр. 49 - ... eyes, and greedily swallows great mouthfuls, at the rate of about ten in a minute. The inhabitants say each animal stays three or four days in the...
Стр. 142 - As soon as it arrived near the margin, but still being under water, it either tried to conceal itself in the tufts of sea-weed, or it entered some crevice. As soon as it thought the danger was past, it crawled out on the dry rocks, and shuffled away as quickly as it could.
Стр. 79 - ... it out with so much dexterity, that the sides seldom, if ever, fall in. The sand is raised alternately with each flapper, as with a large ladle, until it has accumulated behind her, when, supporting herself with her head and...
Стр. 79 - ... mind, she retreats to the water with all possible dispatch, leaving the hatching of the eggs to the heat of the sand. When a turtle, a loggerhead for example, is in the act of dropping her eggs, she will not move although one should go up to her, or even seat himself on her back, for it seems...
Стр. 79 - The whole time spent in this part of the operation may be about twenty minutes. She now scrapes the loose sand back over the eggs, and so levels and smooths the surface, that few persons on seeing the spot could imagine anything had been done to it.