The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . he body. The Plated Lizards; Genus Gerrhonotus: The body isslender, with large, square scales above, arranged in regular,ring-like rows; with most of the species, the scales of the middleportion of the back are strongly keeled. Along each side of the body, from behind the ear to thebase of the hind limb, is a strip of soft flesh, containing small,granular scales; against the lower border of this strip, t
The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . he body. The Plated Lizards; Genus Gerrhonotus: The body isslender, with large, square scales above, arranged in regular,ring-like rows; with most of the species, the scales of the middleportion of the back are strongly keeled. Along each side of the body, from behind the ear to thebase of the hind limb, is a strip of soft flesh, containing small,granular scales; against the lower border of this strip, the edgeof the abdominal sheet of scales fits loosely, forming a deep fold. The head is distinct from the neck and pointed at the limbs are rather small and the tail very long and brittle—frequently twice as long as the head and body. Four species of this genus inhabit the extreme western andsouthwestern portions of the United States. Nineteen speciesare recognised, the greater number occurring in tropical Mexicoand Central America. Like many other genera among the reptiles these Ii7ardshave encountered a share of the undue enthusiasm displayed 160 THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE L1I. BROWN LIZARD, Gerrhonotus liocephahtsMay be identified by the several rows of smooth scales on each side • -
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