The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . Herpeton Daud. Head furnished with two soft scalytentacula; the crown covered with plates ; those onthe belly narrow ; tail long. H. tentaculatus Daud. PsEUDOBOA Oppel. Head shorty enlarged behind, andcovered with large plates ; back carinated, with alongitudinal range of scales, wider than those of thesides. P. fasciata Schn. Russ. pi. 3. Family 2. CROTALID^. Poisonous Snakes. Terrestrial; upper jaw without teeth, but furnished withtwo large moveable poisonous fangs ; tail short, conical,and cylindrical. Cbotalus.
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . Herpeton Daud. Head furnished with two soft scalytentacula; the crown covered with plates ; those onthe belly narrow ; tail long. H. tentaculatus Daud. PsEUDOBOA Oppel. Head shorty enlarged behind, andcovered with large plates ; back carinated, with alongitudinal range of scales, wider than those of thesides. P. fasciata Schn. Russ. pi. 3. Family 2. CROTALID^. Poisonous Snakes. Terrestrial; upper jaw without teeth, but furnished withtwo large moveable poisonous fangs ; tail short, conical,and cylindrical. Cbotalus. Rattle-snakes. Scales onthe head similarto those on theback; tail termi-nating in a rattle ;head triangular. C. horridus Linn. Catesby, ii. pi. 41. {Jig. 114.) Caudisona Fitz. Resembles the last, but the head iscovered with plates. C. miliaris. Catesby, ii. pi. 42. TisiPHONE Fitz. Tail terminating in a spine or sting; head covered with plates, as far as behind the eyes. T. Shawii Grai/. Catesby, ii. pi. 362 CLASSIFICATION OF REPTILES. Craspedocephalus Fitz. Head covered with scales : sub-caudal plates double. C. rhombeata Max. CoPHiAs Merrem. Tail simple; head large, broadbehind_, sub-triangular, covered only with scales;sub-caudal plates double, (^fig. 115).
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