AMPHIBIA. 5 



but ill calculated for the preservation of animal 

 life. The common large water-newt in particu- 

 lar is said to have been occasionally found com- 

 pletely imbedded in large masses of ice, in which it 

 must have remained inclosed for a very consider- 

 able period ; and yet, on the dissolution of the 

 ice, has been restored to life. 



The Amphibia may be divided into four distri- 

 butions, viz. Test udi ties, Ranee, Lacertce*, and 

 Serpentes ; or Tortoises, Frogs, Li-.ards, and Ser- 

 pents. 



The animals belonging to the three former of 

 these divisions constitute the order entitled REP- 

 TILIA, containing the Amphibia Pedata, or Footed 

 Amphibia. The last division, or that of Serpents, 

 constitutes the order SERPENTES, containing the 

 Amphibia Apoda y or Footless Amphibia. 



* The genus Draco is here supposed, in a general view, to be 

 included among the Lizards, though in the strictness of systematic 

 arrangement, it must be separated from them. 



