. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 6io OPHIDIA CHAP. T. viperinus.—The scales are strongly keeled and form twenty- one to twenty-three longitudinal rows. The third and fourth labials border the eye. The anal shield is divided. The eyes and nostrils are directed upwards instead of sidewards, in adaptation to the essentially aquatic habits of this species, which lives upon fishes and Amphibia. The general colour is grey to reddish brown, with a black zigzag band along the back and a lateral series of black, yellow-eyed spots. The belly is yellow or red, checkered with black. The Viperine
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 6io OPHIDIA CHAP. T. viperinus.—The scales are strongly keeled and form twenty- one to twenty-three longitudinal rows. The third and fourth labials border the eye. The anal shield is divided. The eyes and nostrils are directed upwards instead of sidewards, in adaptation to the essentially aquatic habits of this species, which lives upon fishes and Amphibia. The general colour is grey to reddish brown, with a black zigzag band along the back and a lateral series of black, yellow-eyed spots. The belly is yellow or red, checkered with black. The Viperine Snake bears a general resemblance to the common viper. It inhabits France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, and Morocco. Very large specimens attain a length of nearly 3 feet, but the ordinary size of adults is 2 feet. This snake spends most of its time in the water, but it is often found on. Fig. 160.—Ti-opidonotus sirtalis. x h land, basking on the top of a low wall or on a low shrub It IS exceedingly common in Spain and Portugal, where it inhabits almost every ditch, any standing water or slow river. In the Alemtejo, when during the rainless and hot summer the small. 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 Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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