. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. REPTILES. 75 the heat of the sun or to the warmth developed by decaying vegetable matter. Several reptiles (adder, for example) keep their eggs in their bodies tiU the young escape. Reptiles have either no limbs (snakes,. Fig. 46.—Common Lizard (Lacerta agilis); 2, head of the same from below; 3, tongue. a few lizards), or, at any rate, the limbs are not well developed, and are so placed that the body does not rest upon them, but is slung between them. The Reptilia are divided into the Orders of Croeodilia (Crocodiles), Chelonia (Turtles and Tortoises), Lacer-
. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. REPTILES. 75 the heat of the sun or to the warmth developed by decaying vegetable matter. Several reptiles (adder, for example) keep their eggs in their bodies tiU the young escape. Reptiles have either no limbs (snakes,. Fig. 46.—Common Lizard (Lacerta agilis); 2, head of the same from below; 3, tongue. a few lizards), or, at any rate, the limbs are not well developed, and are so placed that the body does not rest upon them, but is slung between them. The Reptilia are divided into the Orders of Croeodilia (Crocodiles), Chelonia (Turtles and Tortoises), Lacer- tilia (Lizards), OpMdia (Snakes). Our native reptiles have no agricultural import- ance. I will, however, briefly mention the Adder. 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 Bos, Jan Ritzema, 1850-1928; Ainsworth Davis, J. R. (James Richard), 1861-1934. London, Chapman & Hall, Ld.
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