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REPTILES. 
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER 
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Structural Distinctions 7 | Toads : = 
Formation II Natterjack 
Characteristics : 13 Surinam : 
Historical Antiquity . 15 | Tailed Batrachians 
Distribution 17 Spotted Salamanders 
Batrachia . 17 Black P 
Habits of Life : 18 Aquatic . 
Development of Young . 21 Crested . 
Green ‘ 22 Gigantic 
Common 22 Transformations and Repro- 
Green Tree 72 duction 
CHAPTER II. 
OPHIDIAN REPTILES, OR TRUE SNAKES. 
Snakes 35 Carpet 
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Ground . 39 | Natal Rock 
Tree 39 | Guinea Rock . 
Fresh-water 39 | Royal Rock 
Sea P 40 ; Aboma. 
Innocuous Snakes 42 | Anaconda 
Blind 42 ; Venomous Snakes 
Shield-tail 43 Cobra 
Black 44 Asp 
Rat : 45 | Bungarus 
Ringed . : 45 | Pit Vipers 
Green and Yellow ¢ 47 Fer-de-lance . 
Viperine 47 Trimeresurus . 
Desert 47 Rattle 
Whip. 49 Copperhead 
Blunt-heads 51 | Tic-polonga 
Boas 51 | Puff Adders 
Diamond 54 | Common Adder 
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CHAPTER I. 
AMPHIBIA, OR BATRACHIANS, 
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