The turtles, snakes, frogs and other reptiles and amphibians of New England and the north . ancc the student will i]nd them useful, harmless i-reatures, fully deservingour svmpathies. The Latin names and some details are taken from I). Maiiiiii! of Icrtibral,- Animalsand from specimens at the Agassi/. Museum, Cambridge. -NoTl!. — Where r,Tiij;o of .species is siveii, as Western or Soutlieni. it is inferred to mean of New I^nLilaiul. (3) Key to the Species. lUnlv euL-losed in a shell .....••?••With walking feet; shell hard : Plain gray, brown or black Marked with colored str
The turtles, snakes, frogs and other reptiles and amphibians of New England and the north . ancc the student will i]nd them useful, harmless i-reatures, fully deservingour svmpathies. The Latin names and some details are taken from I). Maiiiiii! of Icrtibral,- Animalsand from specimens at the Agassi/. Museum, Cambridge. -NoTl!. — Where r,Tiij;o of .species is siveii, as Western or Soutlieni. it is inferred to mean of New I^nLilaiul. (3) Key to the Species. lUnlv euL-losed in a shell .....••?••With walking feet; shell hard : Plain gray, brown or black Marked with colored stripes or spots Shell soft, leathery With swimming feet, like paddles Body covered with scales : Four legs ; or if not, the neck as wide as headNo legs ; neck narrower than liead Spotted or barred Striped lengthwise Plain Ring aroimd neck ISody covered with skin only : No tail, when adult .... Green Brown. )ellowish or grayWitli tail Figs. I to 7 S to 14 15 to 16 17 to 1213 to 2122 to 2627 Frogs. I, 2, 3 4 to 14 Salamanders. (4) TURTLES. 1. Snapping Turtle. l^helyJra itrpentina. Lentth, twenty-four inclies ; dull hlackisli-brown, often covered with moss ; head, lar^e : eyes, near together, look,ing upwards ; neck beset with warts; plates of shield with slightly embossed lines and showing ridge of backbone;hind edge of shield with large saw like teeth ; lower shield, small ; tail crested with horny large teeth. Found in waters everywhere ; rarely on land, except in breeding time. (3) 2. Allig-ator Snapper. Mcii-rochelys hu-ertina. Lenglli, forty inches; like No. i, but eyes far apart,looking sideways : plates of shield smooth, with an eleva-tion on upper hind corner, forming three ridges on strong and ferocious. Western and
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