. Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage. Zoogeography -- Geographical distribution; Animal ecology. FOREST COMMUNITIES 425 ing snakes tend to become elongate, a tendency which is also shown by the arboreal agamid lizards of the Old World and by the unrelated iguanid ones of tropical America (Fig. 116). Some heavy-bodied snakes, such as the vipers and pit vipers, have developed prehensile tails in the tropics of both hemispheres; chame- leons and a few other lizards are similarly supplied. The prehensile tail has been d
. Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage. Zoogeography -- Geographical distribution; Animal ecology. FOREST COMMUNITIES 425 ing snakes tend to become elongate, a tendency which is also shown by the arboreal agamid lizards of the Old World and by the unrelated iguanid ones of tropical America (Fig. 116). Some heavy-bodied snakes, such as the vipers and pit vipers, have developed prehensile tails in the tropics of both hemispheres; chame- leons and a few other lizards are similarly supplied. The prehensile tail has been developed independently by many different sorts of arboreal mammals. In its typical form, a prehensile mammalian tail is free from hair, and bears, near the outer end, sensitive ridges like those of the palm of the hand which aid is giving a sure grip. Usually these are on the ventral side, but in an arboreal mouse (Pogonomys). 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 Hesse, Richard, 1868-1944; Allee, W. C. (Warder Clyde), 1885-1955; Schmidt, Karl Patterson, 1890-1957. New York : J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; London : Chapman & Hall, Limited
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