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 . TWO-FOOTED WORM LIZARD, Bipes canicttlatus Worm-like and practically blind, this degenerate lizard leads a subterraneous life, burrowing long tunnels, through which it moves backward or forward. FLORIDA WORM LIZARD, Rhinrura flaridanaA diminutive, worm-like species of the degenerate family A mphisbanida The Striped Lizards or Race Runners Habiis of the Striped Lizards Ground-loving reptiles, the Race Run
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 . TWO-FOOTED WORM LIZARD, Bipes canicttlatus Worm-like and practically blind, this degenerate lizard leads a subterraneous life, burrowing long tunnels, through which it moves backward or forward. FLORIDA WORM LIZARD, Rhinrura flaridanaA diminutive, worm-like species of the degenerate family A mphisbanida The Striped Lizards or Race Runners Habiis of the Striped Lizards Ground-loving reptiles, the Race Runners—as these lizardsare often called—are among the most active of the North Amer-ican lacertilians. They seldom show a desire to climb, butfrequent dry, sandy places and the borders of dusty roads; theyteem in the sub-arid plains of western Texas and occur in thedeserts of the far West; in these places they dig burrows, inwhich to shelter at night. When pursued, they seemingly keepthese locations in mind, for they speed over the ground and usuallystraight to a hole, darting into it with lightning-like activity. That these fleet-footed creatures have keen eyes and witsthe writer has many times noted. In chasing the Eastern speciesover sandy stretches—after heading a specimen away from fur-rowed ground—he has often seen a lizard turn, after pursuinga straight course, th
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