. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. 302 EEPTILES. [Chap. IX. Professor Peters of Berlin', shorter in the female than in the male. It does not terminate in a point as in other snakes, but is truncated obliquely, the abrupt surface of its extremity being either entirely flat, or more or less convex, and always covered with rough. THE OEOPEM?IB PHILIPPINUS. keels. The reptile assists its own movemen
. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. 302 EEPTILES. [Chap. IX. Professor Peters of Berlin', shorter in the female than in the male. It does not terminate in a point as in other snakes, but is truncated obliquely, the abrupt surface of its extremity being either entirely flat, or more or less convex, and always covered with rough. THE OEOPEM?IB PHILIPPINUS. keels. The reptile assists its own movements by press- ing the rough end to the ground, and from this peculiar form of the tail, the family has received the name of Uro- peltidce, or " ; Within a very recent period important additions have been made to this femily, which now consists of four genera and eleven species. Those occurring in Ceylon are enumerated in the List Peters, Be Serpentvm familia Uropeltaceorwm. Berol. 4. 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 Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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