. Biology of the vertebrates : a comparative study of man and his animal allies. Vertebrates; Vertebrates -- Anatomy; Anatomy, Comparative. Fig. 41. An African lizard, Chameleon, which has a long extensile tongue and is famous for its power of changing color. (After Hilz- heimer.) The "chameleon," Chameleon (Fig. 41), has a prehensile tail ing feet and flaunts a Joseph's coat of many colors. It is a native of Africa, although its name is sometimes erroneously applied to the little American Anolis (Fig. 42) of changeable colors that inhabits the cane fields of the South and
. Biology of the vertebrates : a comparative study of man and his animal allies. Vertebrates; Vertebrates -- Anatomy; Anatomy, Comparative. Fig. 41. An African lizard, Chameleon, which has a long extensile tongue and is famous for its power of changing color. (After Hilz- heimer.) The "chameleon," Chameleon (Fig. 41), has a prehensile tail ing feet and flaunts a Joseph's coat of many colors. It is a native of Africa, although its name is sometimes erroneously applied to the little American Anolis (Fig. 42) of changeable colors that inhabits the cane fields of the South and preys upon the insects which are attracted by the sweet juice that oozes from the Fig. 42. An American "chameleon," Anolis. (After Ditmars.) The "glass snake," Ophisaurus of the Old World, and the "slow worm," Amphisbaena, are legless lizards. In the desert region of the southwestern United States are found the grotesque "horned toad," Phrynosoma (Fig. 43), that is called a toad only. 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 Walter, Herbert Eugene, b. 1867; Sayles, Leonard Perkins, 1902-. New York : Macmillan Co.
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