A popular history of reptiles; or, An introduction to the study of the class reptilia1843 |
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Page 156
... Lacépède , from that island ; and he only derived his information from the person who gave him his specimen . Of the habits of the animal we have no information . In size it equals the common Iguana . GENUS CYCLURA . The genus Cyclura ...
... Lacépède , from that island ; and he only derived his information from the person who gave him his specimen . Of the habits of the animal we have no information . In size it equals the common Iguana . GENUS CYCLURA . The genus Cyclura ...
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... is eight or ten inches in length : it is a native of Mexico ; and was first described by Lacépède , under the title , Le Cannelé . habits . We can collect nothing definite , 182 [ ORDER II . MEXICAN CHIROTES . Chirotes.
... is eight or ten inches in length : it is a native of Mexico ; and was first described by Lacépède , under the title , Le Cannelé . habits . We can collect nothing definite , 182 [ ORDER II . MEXICAN CHIROTES . Chirotes.
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... Lacépède termed a species , Coluber Es- culapii , as the animal figured by the ancients upon the statues of that sage , and which is probably referable to the present Snake ; but there is no proof that this is the animal dedicated by ...
... Lacépède termed a species , Coluber Es- culapii , as the animal figured by the ancients upon the statues of that sage , and which is probably referable to the present Snake ; but there is no proof that this is the animal dedicated by ...
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... Lacépède , in reference to the Boa , a sort of admiration , mingled with affright , in the minds of most people in a savage condition ; and , as all that 66 X produces terror and admiration , every creature that ap- pears OPHIDIA ...
... Lacépède , in reference to the Boa , a sort of admiration , mingled with affright , in the minds of most people in a savage condition ; and , as all that 66 X produces terror and admiration , every creature that ap- pears OPHIDIA ...
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... Lacépède observe , that the unfa- vourable opinions , which many very foolishly entertain with regard to the Common Frog , will not be brought against our little favourite . Its fine rich tints , which blend with the green of the leaves ...
... Lacépède observe , that the unfa- vourable opinions , which many very foolishly entertain with regard to the Common Frog , will not be brought against our little favourite . Its fine rich tints , which blend with the green of the leaves ...
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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
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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
Page 112 - Who can open the doors of his face ? His teeth are terrible round about.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.