A popular history of reptiles; or, An introduction to the study of the class reptilia1843 |
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... Trachysaurus 187 Seps 188 Heteromeles 189 Chelomeles . 189 Brachymeles 189 Brachistopus 189 Evesia .. 189 Scelotes 189 Hysteropus . 189 inguis 190 Acontias 192 Typhlops .. 193 ORDER III . OPHIDIA , or SERPENTS Non - venomous iv CONTENTS .
... Trachysaurus 187 Seps 188 Heteromeles 189 Chelomeles . 189 Brachymeles 189 Brachistopus 189 Evesia .. 189 Scelotes 189 Hysteropus . 189 inguis 190 Acontias 192 Typhlops .. 193 ORDER III . OPHIDIA , or SERPENTS Non - venomous iv CONTENTS .
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Popular history. ORDER III . OPHIDIA , or SERPENTS Non - venomous Serpents Page 194 212 ... Genus Chrysopelea 221 Genera Psammophis , etc. 221 Genus Dipsas .. 222 Dendrophis 222 Dryinus 223 Dryophis 223 Boas and Pythons 225 Venomous ...
Popular history. ORDER III . OPHIDIA , or SERPENTS Non - venomous Serpents Page 194 212 ... Genus Chrysopelea 221 Genera Psammophis , etc. 221 Genus Dipsas .. 222 Dendrophis 222 Dryinus 223 Dryophis 223 Boas and Pythons 225 Venomous ...
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... venomous in the extreme . Of these an imaginary animal , which they termed the Basilisk , * was especially celebrated . Our classical readers will remember Lucan's description of this Lizard , the fancied pest of the deserts of Africa ...
... venomous in the extreme . Of these an imaginary animal , which they termed the Basilisk , * was especially celebrated . Our classical readers will remember Lucan's description of this Lizard , the fancied pest of the deserts of Africa ...
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... venomous ; and , it is believed , that even their touch occasions malignant disorders of the skin . They are said , also , to infect viands of any kind , over which they may crawl in the night , rendering such provisions unwholesome ...
... venomous ; and , it is believed , that even their touch occasions malignant disorders of the skin . They are said , also , to infect viands of any kind , over which they may crawl in the night , rendering such provisions unwholesome ...
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... venomous . It is usually discovered in rocky places , or on low , stony hills ; and when surprised , seeks concealment in the chinks of the former , or in the irregular cavities of the latter . When any inequalities exist upon the ...
... venomous . It is usually discovered in rocky places , or on low , stony hills ; and when surprised , seeks concealment in the chinks of the former , or in the irregular cavities of the latter . When any inequalities exist upon the ...
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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.