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 . I Kl) ), Distinguished from the three preceding species by two (2) i -irs of plates anterior to the frontal plate—that between the eyes A \. cstern species. I GLASS SNAKE, Opkisaurus venfralis t A snake-likr rrpn-si-ntativr nf the Anguiilir, inhahititiK thr Soulhcrn States. Srvi-ral very SJK-I ii-. an fnuinl in Europe anl Asia The Plated Lizards and Snake-like
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 . I Kl) ), Distinguished from the three preceding species by two (2) i -irs of plates anterior to the frontal plate—that between the eyes A \. cstern species. I GLASS SNAKE, Opkisaurus venfralis t A snake-likr rrpn-si-ntativr nf the Anguiilir, inhahititiK thr Soulhcrn States. Srvi-ral very SJK-I ii-. an fnuinl in Europe anl Asia The Plated Lizards and Snake-like Species in founding new species and sub-species upon variations thatare of little importance. There has been a number of speciesdescribed as occurring in the United States and the descriptionsof them have been based upon slight differences of scalation anddistribution. If these obscurely different specimens were mixedamong varying individuals of the really staple species and thelocality labels removed, it is doubtful if the observers of theirdistinctly different characters could pick them out it appears that the different species described as occurringin the United States must simmer down to four, a key of whichis herewith presented: I. Three shields arranged in triangular fashion, in front ofthe large shields between the eyes. Scales of the back and the sides st
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