. Text-book of zoology for junior students. Zoology. JO yei;teerate animals. tiliaii are the teetli loilged in distinct sockets. The eyes are mostly furnished with movable eyelids. The integument is usually fur- uislied with liornv overlapjiing scales, like those of the Snakes (tig. 105). As a general rule the animals included under this head have four well-developed legs, and would therefore be pcijjularly called " ; Some of them, however, such as the common Blind- worm (Aiigids fragiUs) of our own country, exhibit no external inilications of limbs, and would therefore be ge
. Text-book of zoology for junior students. Zoology. JO yei;teerate animals. tiliaii are the teetli loilged in distinct sockets. The eyes are mostly furnished with movable eyelids. The integument is usually fur- uislied with liornv overlapjiing scales, like those of the Snakes (tig. 105). As a general rule the animals included under this head have four well-developed legs, and would therefore be pcijjularly called " ; Some of them, however, such as the common Blind- worm (Aiigids fragiUs) of our own country, exhibit no external inilications of limbs, and would therefore be generally regarded as Snakes. These snake-like Lizjirds, however, can be distinguished from the true Ophidians by the consolidation of the bones of the. Fi-. 1 ivnnii {Amjiiisfn'O'iVis) (Afti-r Bell.) head and jaws, and by the fact that the eyes are generally ])rovided with niuvable eyelids. Dissertio)! also .shows that the shoidder- girdle (or .-ircli) is alw;iys present in a rudimentary condition. Pew Lizards .-ne natives of liritidn ; the fudy tonus which can be said to be at .-dl ,-d)Und,nit lieiiig the Llind-wiiiin or Slow-worm and the Sand-lizaril (Ar^v/'/ir nr/i/ix). Of (lie Lizards, a good example is to lie fnuud in the cnunuun IJlind-wonn <ir Slow-worm of E\u-o)je. It is couijiletely ser|ientiform, without any external iu- ilii'ations of limbs (tig. IDo), and it is quite It is remark- alilr for tlir f.'icl, that, wlieu alarmed, it stitfens its muscles to such ail cAtriii I'a' tail cm readily be broken olt, as if it were Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nicholson, Henry Alleyne, 1844-1899. New York, American Book Co
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