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HIGH SCHOOL ZOOLOGY. 



Snake of the Soutbern States, Ophiosmirus ventralis, as 

 in the European Blind-worm, Anguis fragilis, (Fig. 80), 

 there are no limbs; both of these are extremely fragile 



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Fig. 80— European Blind-worm. Anguig fraffilis. |. 

 (After Brehm). 



creatures, the tail being readily cast off in violent efforts to 

 escape from a capturer. The most completely adapted for an 

 underground life is the Amphisbsena, (Fig. 81), of South 



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Fig. SI— Amphishcena alba. J. 

 fter Brehm). 



Amei-ica. This curious lizard is cylindrical in form, the head 

 and tail both abraptly rounded off; they live in ants' nests 

 and feed on their larvae. 



