. The life-history of British serpents and their local distribution in the British isles. Serpents. 68 SEIU'EXTS. liave observed that adders do likewise, and the fact that one often finds portions of shjnghs in snaky places proves that the habit of swallowing theiu is Ijy no means invariable. The ring snake is very irregular in. Fig. 11.—EvE-coVEUiXG ok Adder. tlie matter of sloughing, occasionally going through the i»rocess as often as fiw times in a season, with longer or shorter intervals between the ditierent sloughings. Young ring snakes and young adders always cast their first .
. The life-history of British serpents and their local distribution in the British isles. Serpents. 68 SEIU'EXTS. liave observed that adders do likewise, and the fact that one often finds portions of shjnghs in snaky places proves that the habit of swallowing theiu is Ijy no means invariable. The ring snake is very irregular in. Fig. 11.—EvE-coVEUiXG ok Adder. tlie matter of sloughing, occasionally going through the i»rocess as often as fiw times in a season, with longer or shorter intervals between the ditierent sloughings. Young ring snakes and young adders always cast their first .slough vci-y soon after birth. The process begins at the head, the cuticle beiu''. 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 Leighton, Gerald Rowley, 1868-. Edinburgh, London, W. Blackwood
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