Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain . e, sometimes nearly that of an ash the back are two parallel rows of small blackspots, with a series of larger blotches of black ofvariable sizes along each side. The under surface isof a dull lead-colour, sometimes mottled. The scalesand their arrangement, especially on the head, differfrom those of the viper. In the common snake thehead is covered by large plates, of which there arethree between the eyes, and those above and beloware arran
Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain . e, sometimes nearly that of an ash the back are two parallel rows of small blackspots, with a series of larger blotches of black ofvariable sizes along each side. The under surface isof a dull lead-colour, sometimes mottled. The scalesand their arrangement, especially on the head, differfrom those of the viper. In the common snake thehead is covered by large plates, of which there arethree between the eyes, and those above and beloware arranged in pairs. The scales along the backare oval and distinctly keeled, with those of thesides broader, and less keeled. On the belly theplates are single, extending from side to side, andabout one hundred and seventy in number; butin this there is also variation. The under plates ofthe tail are in pairs. Behind the head is a broad THE COMMON SNAKE. 53 collar or a pair of spots of a bright yellow colour,behind which are black spots. The teeth are in tworows in both upper and lower jaws, and the tongueis forked to one-third of its
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