. The Bible and science. Fig. 98.—Lizard. always planted in distinct, separate sockets, and theskin is partly covered by horny scales and partly bylarge bony Fig. 99.—Crocodile. In the next order, the snakes, or Ophidia, the bodyis always long and cylindrical. There are no limbs,nor is there even the rudiment of a scapular arch. 0 2 196 REPTILIA—TORTOISES. They have no eyehds, the skm of the head beingcontinuous right over the eye, although it becomestransparent so as to allow the animal to see. It isowing to this peculiarity that snakes have such anunwinking, extraordinary stare. The
. The Bible and science. Fig. 98.—Lizard. always planted in distinct, separate sockets, and theskin is partly covered by horny scales and partly bylarge bony Fig. 99.—Crocodile. In the next order, the snakes, or Ophidia, the bodyis always long and cylindrical. There are no limbs,nor is there even the rudiment of a scapular arch. 0 2 196 REPTILIA—TORTOISES. They have no eyehds, the skm of the head beingcontinuous right over the eye, although it becomestransparent so as to allow the animal to see. It isowing to this peculiarity that snakes have such anunwinking, extraordinary stare. The way in whichthey crawl along is very peculiar. The body is coveredwith scales, which on the back are small and roughlytriangular, but on the belly have the form of trans-verse bands. The snake has a very great number ofribs, and each end of these horny bands is attachedto a rib. Upon these bands the snake walks, in away which we can readily understand if we think howa centipede would walk were a horny plate stretchedfrom side to side between each pair of feet. The next order is that of the tortoises, or Chelonia,in which the ribs and vertebrae are united
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