. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. 360 ZOOLOGY The familjr of slow-worms includes the famous glass-snake, or jomt-snake, of the South. This snake-like hzard has no legs, or only rudiments of the hinder pair. It is noted for the ease with which it breaks in two when struck or lifted by the tail. This result is due to the fact that, as in certain other lizards, the vertebrEe of the tail are unossified along the middle plane, so that thej- separate at this point upon the slightest blow. The muscles of this species seem also to be arranged. Fig.
. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. 360 ZOOLOGY The familjr of slow-worms includes the famous glass-snake, or jomt-snake, of the South. This snake-like hzard has no legs, or only rudiments of the hinder pair. It is noted for the ease with which it breaks in two when struck or lifted by the tail. This result is due to the fact that, as in certain other lizards, the vertebrEe of the tail are unossified along the middle plane, so that thej- separate at this point upon the slightest blow. The muscles of this species seem also to be arranged. Fig. — Chameleo, the chameleon. From Lcunis. SO as to facilitate separation. In Europe there is a lizard of this famil}', the so-called " blindworm " (having, however, well-developed eyes), which found in retired localities, from which it comes out, especially in the evening, to capture earth- worms and slugs. The Chameleon, famed in literature, comes from Africa. Its change of color depends upon the possession of several layers of different color in the skin, which can be separately expanded or contracted as required, in consequence of which sometimes one, sometimes another, color comes to predomi- nate. It captures insects, a habit which is facilitated by its power of protruding the tongue to over half the length of its. 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 Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944; Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- joint author. New York, Macmillan
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