. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. Fig. 3)9.—skull of python. theii- position converted into a sort of valve. Pointing backwards as they do, they jjermit the bulkv food to pass down' towards the throat, but at the same time their sharp points efficiently prevent it trom bemg pushed back again m the opposite direction. " facihs descensus Averni " Sed revocare gradum, superas que evadere ad auras "Hoc opus hie labor ; The largest of all the Boa familv, and perhaps the largest of the serpent race, is The Anaconda (Eunectes 7nurinus), found o
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. Fig. 3)9.—skull of python. theii- position converted into a sort of valve. Pointing backwards as they do, they jjermit the bulkv food to pass down' towards the throat, but at the same time their sharp points efficiently prevent it trom bemg pushed back again m the opposite direction. " facihs descensus Averni " Sed revocare gradum, superas que evadere ad auras "Hoc opus hie labor ; The largest of all the Boa familv, and perhaps the largest of the serpent race, is The Anaconda (Eunectes 7nurinus), found onlv on the American continent. It is to this species that we must refer the greater number of the highly-exaggerated tales of travellers relative to the enormous size, ferocious habits, and extraordinary voracity of the monsti-ous serpents of the new world. Still it is quite formidable enough : one of its provincial names, El Traga Vemido, or the Deer- swallower, sufficiently indicates the idea entertained by the Indians relative to the nature of its food. The Harmless Snakes (Coluhridw) form a very ex-. FiG. :.\d of RINGED Fig. 321.—bellv and tail-shields. s 2. 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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