The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . Copyright. 1907, l>y Doubleday, Page & CompanyCOLLARED LIZARD, Crotaphytus collaris. A wonderfully active species of the sub-arid regions and the deserts proper. It often rears the body upward, running swijtly on the hind Copyright, 1907. by Doubleday, n§fe & CompanyLEOPARD LIZARD, Crotaphytus wislizenii. Similar in habits to the Collared Lizard. It is both herbivorous and cannibalistic, preyin
The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . Copyright. 1907, l>y Doubleday, Page & CompanyCOLLARED LIZARD, Crotaphytus collaris. A wonderfully active species of the sub-arid regions and the deserts proper. It often rears the body upward, running swijtly on the hind Copyright, 1907. by Doubleday, n§fe & CompanyLEOPARD LIZARD, Crotaphytus wislizenii. Similar in habits to the Collared Lizard. It is both herbivorous and cannibalistic, preying largely upon the grc d switts and horned toads. Note protective colouration. and Crotaphytus The writers specimens dug hollows in the sand, under flat,shelving stones. They retreated to these hiding places shortlybefore sunset and always remained in them on cloudy of the largest females—u inches long—deposited 21 eggs,during the early part of August. The eggs were T7g- of an inchin diameter and f of an inch long; their covering was as thinand soft as paper. THE RETICULATED LIZARD Crotaphytus reticulatus, (Baird) Form very similar to that of the Collared Lizard; headlarge and very distinct from the neck. Colouration.—Yellowish brown or grayish; head, body,limbs and tail covered with a net-work of pale gray or yellow;there may be traces of the double collar, but this is usuallyabs
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