. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. PROXIMAL END OF FRACTURED DISTAL END OF FRACTURED TAIL. Facing^p. FRAGILITY OF THE TAIL IN LIZARDS 109 off with it, leaving the caudal vertebrae lying free inthe dissection. The appearance of the integumentwith the muscles attached is seen in illustration, whichgives a better idea of it than any description. Turn-ing next to the condition of the vertebrae, it was withthe greatest interest that I found them to be separation had taken place at the intervertebralarticulation at both en
. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. PROXIMAL END OF FRACTURED DISTAL END OF FRACTURED TAIL. Facing^p. FRAGILITY OF THE TAIL IN LIZARDS 109 off with it, leaving the caudal vertebrae lying free inthe dissection. The appearance of the integumentwith the muscles attached is seen in illustration, whichgives a better idea of it than any description. Turn-ing next to the condition of the vertebrae, it was withthe greatest interest that I found them to be separation had taken place at the intervertebralarticulation at both ends of the fractured piece of tail,and not in the centre of the bodies of the vertebrae assupposed. I photographed this portion of the caudalvertebral column, and it is here reproduced. So that, in this case at any rate, when the tail wasbroken off, the fracture did not take place at thecartilaginous septum, as is said always to happen. Looking closely at the arrangement of the muscles,it was easily seen that their arrangement was curiouslyadapted to permit of their readily separating. Thisarrangement is best describ
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