Medical and physical researches, or, Original memoirs in medicine, surgery, physiology, geology, zoology, and comparative anatomy . e head one and one-half inches. We have been indebted to Wm. Maclure, Esq., President of the Acad. Nat. Philadelphia, and now resident of Mexico, for the following remarks on thehabits of the Axolotl: They seem to partake of the nature of the frog, coming to the surface of thewater frequently to let out a certain quantity of air, and likewise, I suppose, to takesome in. They are found on the cleaning of ditches and canals, buried in the mud,and brought to ma
Medical and physical researches, or, Original memoirs in medicine, surgery, physiology, geology, zoology, and comparative anatomy . e head one and one-half inches. We have been indebted to Wm. Maclure, Esq., President of the Acad. Nat. Philadelphia, and now resident of Mexico, for the following remarks on thehabits of the Axolotl: They seem to partake of the nature of the frog, coming to the surface of thewater frequently to let out a certain quantity of air, and likewise, I suppose, to takesome in. They are found on the cleaning of ditches and canals, buried in the mud,and brought to market witli the frogs, as they are ate by the natives, and con-sidered a delicacy. 176 OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS SALAMANDRA. Habit.—Carnivorous : exceedingly voracious: living inthe water: feeding on worms, fish, crabs, &c. Inha-bits the Alleghany and Ohio rivers. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. No. 1. Menobranchus lateralis. 2. Abranchus Alleghaniensis. 3. Details of organization of A. hyoides and spiracular cartilages, fig. 1,Vertebrae, fig. 2. Upper and side views of the headr fig. 3, foot, fig. t <
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