. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. 114 STORY OF THE REPTILES found in the minds mostly of Southern negroes. No snake so rolls, and none has any such weapon on the tail as the horn which is said always to be present in such venomousness as to kill the tree in a few. **'...â T- \:^l Fig. 57.âFlying lizards {Draco volans). They do not really fly aa birds do, but glide through the air like flying squirrels. minutes which, according to the story, these snakes always strike. No snake known really has any sting- ing or poisonous spear or horn on its tailâ^nothing th
. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. 114 STORY OF THE REPTILES found in the minds mostly of Southern negroes. No snake so rolls, and none has any such weapon on the tail as the horn which is said always to be present in such venomousness as to kill the tree in a few. **'...â T- \:^l Fig. 57.âFlying lizards {Draco volans). They do not really fly aa birds do, but glide through the air like flying squirrels. minutes which, according to the story, these snakes always strike. No snake known really has any sting- ing or poisonous spear or horn on its tailâ^nothing that is a weapon; though, as noted, there are points and shields there which aid in progress. Our common "spread-head" (Heterodon) does sometimes throw it- self into great vertical loops when escaping down-hill, notwithstanding the frequent statements from scien- tists that all snake-motion is a horizontal 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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