. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. EGGS 31 climbs the stem of a submerged plant and puts an egg on each stem or leaf as she goes—one for each leaf; but the axolotl swims over and amon'g the plants and may put more than one of her flat, buttonlike eggs, 'S^^^f^. Fig. 16.—Eggs of different animals, showing variety in external appearance, a, egg of bird; J, eggs of toad; c, egg of fish ; d, egg of butterfly; e, eggs of katydid on leaf; /, egg-case of|skate. all in a row, upon the stem. The Congo snake {Am- j>hmma) lays its eggs in a string in the water, then
. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. EGGS 31 climbs the stem of a submerged plant and puts an egg on each stem or leaf as she goes—one for each leaf; but the axolotl swims over and amon'g the plants and may put more than one of her flat, buttonlike eggs, 'S^^^f^. Fig. 16.—Eggs of different animals, showing variety in external appearance, a, egg of bird; J, eggs of toad; c, egg of fish ; d, egg of butterfly; e, eggs of katydid on leaf; /, egg-case of|skate. all in a row, upon the stem. The Congo snake {Am- j>hmma) lays its eggs in a string in the water, then coils its long body about them and bunches them into a circular mass. So also the spotted triton (or spotted salamander) bunches its eggs. The more land-haunt-. 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 Baskett, James Newton, 1849-; Ditmars, Raymond Lee, 1876-1942. joint author. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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