. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. FIG. 258.— Tcrmpene Carolina, the box-tortoise. by AY. H. C. P. 1 From tcst«, a shell. Photo, of living auimal 2 Fig. 258. ZOOLOGY common tortoises of the eastern United States are the musk-turtle, told by a strong odor of musk ; the painted turtle,of greenish black color and with marginal plates markedwith bright red ; the speckled tortoise, black with roundorange spots ; and the wood tortoise, with keeled shell,and plates marked with concentric stria3. The order Ophidia: comprises the snakes, chara
. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. FIG. 258.— Tcrmpene Carolina, the box-tortoise. by AY. H. C. P. 1 From tcst«, a shell. Photo, of living auimal 2 Fig. 258. ZOOLOGY common tortoises of the eastern United States are the musk-turtle, told by a strong odor of musk ; the painted turtle,of greenish black color and with marginal plates markedwith bright red ; the speckled tortoise, black with roundorange spots ; and the wood tortoise, with keeled shell,and plates marked with concentric stria3. The order Ophidia: comprises the snakes, characterizedby the elongated body without appendages, and by the. FIG. 259. — Eutfenia, garter-snake, dorsal view. Photo, by E. R. D. absence of eyelids. Like other reptiles, the snakes arechiefly tropical, but inhabit also the temperate zones. Theyfeed on living animals. The family Colubridae2 includes the great majority ofour common non-venomous snakes, such as the garter-snake,3 water-snake, black-snake, milk-snake, and spread-ing adder. Allied are the boas of South America and thepythons of India, which attain the length of six metres or c!0ts, serpent. 2 coluhra, serpent. 3 Fig. 259. THE LIZARD AND 77\s ALLIED more. Not being poisonous their bite is not dangerous,l>ut they attack large birds and even medium-sized mam-mals and crush them to death in the folds of their body. The family Elapidae: includes the large venomous ser-pents of the East, the cobra of the East Indies, and the aspof the Egyptians. The bite of these serpents is quickly m \ i \ , i IR^^fevfck BMMb.
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