. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . A SMALL BOA-CONSTRICTOR SEIZING AND DEVOURING A RAT Illustrating til ccnstcutif: phdi€i of lerzing, i ranging, and suhsejutmly gorging the fey, as praatscJ by the largest and smaiUst memhtn of the class ^ I, 189 190 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD Snakes, like lizards, are most abundant in tropical countries, the Indian and Malay regionsin particular being richest in numbers and varieties. The British Islands support but threerepresentatives of the class — the Adder, the Common Ringed and the Smooth Snakes — thisnumbe
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . A SMALL BOA-CONSTRICTOR SEIZING AND DEVOURING A RAT Illustrating til ccnstcutif: phdi€i of lerzing, i ranging, and suhsejutmly gorging the fey, as praatscJ by the largest and smaiUst memhtn of the class ^ I, 189 190 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD Snakes, like lizards, are most abundant in tropical countries, the Indian and Malay regionsin particular being richest in numbers and varieties. The British Islands support but threerepresentatives of the class — the Adder, the Common Ringed and the Smooth Snakes — thisnumber, by a coincidence, being identical with that of the Lizard Tribe indigenous to thesame islands. Many of the smaller species are little over i foot long, while the huge Pythonsand the Anaconda may attain to or exceed 30 feet. Regarding their habits, some are purelyterrestrial, frequenting the rocks or sandy deserts, or even burrowing beneath the earthssurface. Others are essentially arboreal, many amphibious, and some, like the Turtles amongthe Chelonians, entirely
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