A popular history of reptiles; or, An introduction to the study of the class reptilia1843 |
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... never lose their gills , and are at the same time both aquatic and aerial in their respiration ; such are the proteus , the siren , and the axolotl . The former are termed Caducibranchiate , * the latter Perennibran- chiate + amphibia ...
... never lose their gills , and are at the same time both aquatic and aerial in their respiration ; such are the proteus , the siren , and the axolotl . The former are termed Caducibranchiate , * the latter Perennibran- chiate + amphibia ...
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... never exceeds four ; some groups are destitute of limbs , the ribs greatly assisting in terrestrial locomotion . Most reptiles are carnivorous : some , however , ( and these belong to the first group , namely , the tortoises , ) are ...
... never exceeds four ; some groups are destitute of limbs , the ribs greatly assisting in terrestrial locomotion . Most reptiles are carnivorous : some , however , ( and these belong to the first group , namely , the tortoises , ) are ...
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... never reveal , a system of sacrifices and ceremonies ; while by the mouth of prophets , he spoke more fully and clearly of the Messiah , the Redeemer of the world . The promises and prophecies have been fulfilled , the Day - spring from ...
... never reveal , a system of sacrifices and ceremonies ; while by the mouth of prophets , he spoke more fully and clearly of the Messiah , the Redeemer of the world . The promises and prophecies have been fulfilled , the Day - spring from ...
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... never enter the water , are very frequently met with in the neighbour- hood of rivers or lakes . In such localities , vegetation is luxuriant , and the soil moist or soft ; the latter circum- stance being by no means unimportant ; for ...
... never enter the water , are very frequently met with in the neighbour- hood of rivers or lakes . In such localities , vegetation is luxuriant , and the soil moist or soft ; the latter circum- stance being by no means unimportant ; for ...
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... never pretends to stir after it becomes dark . When first awakened it eats nothing , nor again in the autumn before it retires ; through the height of summer it eats voraciously , devouring all the food that comes in its way . I was ...
... never pretends to stir after it becomes dark . When first awakened it eats nothing , nor again in the autumn before it retires ; through the height of summer it eats voraciously , devouring all the food that comes in its way . I was ...
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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.