. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 388 SERPENTS. tensive family, recognisable by having the head small and covered with broad plates, and the tail conical and tapering; they are quite destitute of poison teeth. Of these not fewer than three hundred and forty different species have been described. The Common Ringed Snake (Coluber natrix) affords a good example of the group. It has broad flat plates on the head, and. ; 322.—COMMON ringed snakf. the belly is shod as it were with a single series of wide parallel horny shields, placed transversely; beneath t
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 388 SERPENTS. tensive family, recognisable by having the head small and covered with broad plates, and the tail conical and tapering; they are quite destitute of poison teeth. Of these not fewer than three hundred and forty different species have been described. The Common Ringed Snake (Coluber natrix) affords a good example of the group. It has broad flat plates on the head, and. ; 322.—COMMON ringed snakf. the belly is shod as it were with a single series of wide parallel horny shields, placed transversely; beneath the tail, these are disposed in a double series (Fig. 321;. The fifth family of Serpents (Amphishcenidce) contains The Double "Walkers (Anp7i/.?fea??ia;,* so called because it is difficuli to make either head or tail of them, seeing that they progresss equally well with either end foremost. Tiiey have much resem- blance to the Slow-worms delineated in the next figure, feed chieflv upon ants and other insects, and are perfectly harmless. The species are few, and abound in the tropical parts of both hemisplteres. aiii.(pis, amphis, hoth icays ; ^dipa, baino, to 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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