Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain . its character, as written by Dr. Gray. Pale grey, closely black-spotted. Tail nearlyblack. Side of abdomen and middle of tail with abroad wide streak, white beneath (belly). Throatblack-dotted. Mature male, during the breedingseason, with a high-toothed dorsal (back) and caudal *Dr. Gray, in Proc. Zool. Soc, 1858, p. Ann. des Sc. Nat., 3rd series, xvii. t. 1. 172 0UR REPTILES. (tail) fin, the base interrupted over the loins. Toesseparate, webbed,
Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain . its character, as written by Dr. Gray. Pale grey, closely black-spotted. Tail nearlyblack. Side of abdomen and middle of tail with abroad wide streak, white beneath (belly). Throatblack-dotted. Mature male, during the breedingseason, with a high-toothed dorsal (back) and caudal *Dr. Gray, in Proc. Zool. Soc, 1858, p. Ann. des Sc. Nat., 3rd series, xvii. t. 1. 172 0UR REPTILES. (tail) fin, the base interrupted over the loins. Toesseparate, webbed, slightly finned. Oar figure is taken from one of Dr. Grays speci-mens in the British Museum, courteously placed atour disposal for this purpose. Here terminate the Amphibia, as represented inthe British Islands. It has already been observedthat most excellent herpetologists consider theAmphibia in the light of a class distinct from theReptilia. We have no doubt that this distinctionwill continue to be maintained, as it appears thatrecent investigations and discoveries tend more andmore to the dissociation of these two groups TADPOLE OF NEWT. 1? «£ 1
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