First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Fig. 193.—West Indian Anolis. singular creature, which lives in ant-hills, is thus the resultof adaptation. Its tail is nearly as broad as its head; andsince the creature runs backwards as well as forwards, it ispopularly supposed to be two-headed. It feeds on antsand other insects. The Snakes.—^li would be difficult for the untrained ob- 188 FIRST LEBSOm IN ZOOLOGY. server to distinguish between the glass-snake and the ordi-nary snake. Indeed, there are snakes with rudimentarylegs, such as the boas, as well as lizards without ,
First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Fig. 193.—West Indian Anolis. singular creature, which lives in ant-hills, is thus the resultof adaptation. Its tail is nearly as broad as its head; andsince the creature runs backwards as well as forwards, it ispopularly supposed to be two-headed. It feeds on antsand other insects. The Snakes.—^li would be difficult for the untrained ob- 188 FIRST LEBSOm IN ZOOLOGY. server to distinguish between the glass-snake and the ordi-nary snake. Indeed, there are snakes with rudimentarylegs, such as the boas, as well as lizards without , the snakes are really lizards without legs, for thereare no very important marks to distinguish one order fromthe other, except that snakes in general are without limbs.
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