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 . THE HOME OF THE ALLIGATOR An inlet f the Savannah River, Hampton County, South Carolina. The nest consists of a mounl I GGS F THK ; \IU dead leave- ami twin-. It i- al»>ut eight fret in iliameter and two or three feet high. The eggs are wellburieil. ilusely |>aike<l, and runge from three to five dn/en PART II. THE CROCODILIANSOrder CROCODILIA CHAPTER IX: THE CROCODILIANS ORDER CROCODILIA
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 . THE HOME OF THE ALLIGATOR An inlet f the Savannah River, Hampton County, South Carolina. The nest consists of a mounl I GGS F THK ; \IU dead leave- ami twin-. It i- al»>ut eight fret in iliameter and two or three feet high. The eggs are wellburieil. ilusely |>aike<l, and runge from three to five dn/en PART II. THE CROCODILIANSOrder CROCODILIA CHAPTER IX: THE CROCODILIANS ORDER CROCODILIA An Order Represented by Two Species in the United States—theAmerican Crocodile and the Alligator Classification.—The Order Crocodilia contains a singlefamily—the Crocodilidce, and this is made up of six is a total number of about twenty-three species, whichinhabit North and South America, Africa and Asia. The largestspecies occur in the Old World. Structure.—The general structure of the Crocodilians isso well known that a detailed description would be super-fluous. The Crocodilians are huge, lizard-like reptiles, and amphibiousin habits. The back is covered with rows of bony plates, eachsurmounted by a high, sharp ridge. The limbs, tail and ab
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