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 . soil, theyprepare themselves for the night. This is a curious little creature imbeds its nose in the sand like the bladeof a plow, when it quickly works its way forward a few inches,scooping vigorously with the head in order to produce a having worked its way a little distance into the sand it flattensthe body and employing the sharp, spiny borders of its sidr-in shovel-like fashi
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 . soil, theyprepare themselves for the night. This is a curious little creature imbeds its nose in the sand like the bladeof a plow, when it quickly works its way forward a few inches,scooping vigorously with the head in order to produce a having worked its way a little distance into the sand it flattensthe body and employing the sharp, spiny borders of its sidr-in shovel-like fashion, digs its way deeper and casts the sandover its back. The head is again employed, then the sides againand finally the queer little reptile is entirely covered. Some-times it digs its way some two or three inches beneath the sur-face. At other times—and more frequently—the back is coveredbut the top of the head is visible and just level with the surfaceof the sand. In several ways these reptiles are so toad-like that the originaland popular name may be readily appreciated. The mcthrdof eating is much like that of the toad, a condition strengthened 144 THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE XLVI. •
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