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 . ack, but these genera are separated by Uma,according to the structure. Outline of the Genera General Characters.—Body rather stout; tail of moderatelength,scalation of the body and tail, above, fine and granular;abdomen covered with larger, rounded scales. Top of the headwith numerous rounded scales—not plates. Gray, yellowishor green, with two rows of angular blotches. Usually one ortwo ink-black spots
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 . ack, but these genera are separated by Uma,according to the structure. Outline of the Genera General Characters.—Body rather stout; tail of moderatelength,scalation of the body and tail, above, fine and granular;abdomen covered with larger, rounded scales. Top of the headwith numerous rounded scales—not plates. Gray, yellowishor green, with two rows of angular blotches. Usually one ortwo ink-black spots on each side of the abdomen. Tail uniformwhite beneath, or barred with black. I. Ear Drum Exposed. Toes long, without spiny fringes. Genus Callisaurus. Distribution.—Deserts of the long, with spiny fringes. Genus Uma. Distribution.—Deserts of the Southwest. II. Ear Drum Concealed Under The long, without spiny fringes. Distribution.—Central and Western States. Genus Holbrookia. The Genus Callisaurus: A single species is is confined to the arid regions of the southwestern UnitedStates and northern Mexico. 1x6 THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE XXXVIII. Holbrookia propi,iqita and Callisaurus ilniconoidts. From above and beneath these small lizards appear very similar. The species of Holbrookia, however, may be immediately recognised by the absence of an ear-opening
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