. Chapters on the natural history of the United States. Zoology. 12(5 CHAPTERS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY country. These interesting little reptiles have frequently been kept in confinement by me for great lengths of lime. A good- sized male lizard of this species may measure as much as seven or eight inches long, being earthy blown above, and a soiled white beneath. A patch of brilliant cobalt bine is found upon either side beneath, bounded with a deep black, while the back is transversely marked with wavy bars of a dark tint. Fig. 'â ' shows Hie male of one of this species, life size; I got him
. Chapters on the natural history of the United States. Zoology. 12(5 CHAPTERS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY country. These interesting little reptiles have frequently been kept in confinement by me for great lengths of lime. A good- sized male lizard of this species may measure as much as seven or eight inches long, being earthy blown above, and a soiled white beneath. A patch of brilliant cobalt bine is found upon either side beneath, bounded with a deep black, while the back is transversely marked with wavy bars of a dark tint. Fig. 'â ' shows Hie male of one of this species, life size; I got him just as. Fig. 32. The Collared Lizard {Crotaphytus collaris) Photographed from life, and reduced about one-third. lie jumped from my finger on to the pine limb upon which he is represented; so his attitude is perfectly natural. In captivity this lizard will readily feed upon Hies and many other varieties of soft insects. They will also breed; the female resembling the male much in appearance, although she is lighter tinted and shows scarcely any of the cobalt coloring beneath. I have had them to go, as a matter of experiment, for two or three months without eating or drinking anything at all, and then they did not show the effects of the prolonged fast very much. How. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shufeldt, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1850-1934; Natural Science Association of America, New York. New York, Studer Bros
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