BLIND-WORM. 



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SQUAMATA. 

 {SAUROPHIDIA.) 



ANGdW^. 



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Genus, Anguts. Linn. 



Generic Character. — Body and tail cylindrical, obtuse ; scales smooth, im- 

 bricate, nearly equal above and beneath ; head covered with about nine larger 

 plates ; tympanum concealed ; legs none ; bones of the shoulder, the sternum, 

 and pelvis rudimentary. 



BLIND-WORM. SLOW-WORM, 



Anguis fragilis. Linn. 



