THE Jil.JMi SNAKE. 



183 



and all. The larva la] 11 as the adult - 



mander. 



The Tritons or water-newts, represented byourcomm 

 pretty spotted newt, Diemyctylus vir\ . are also 



ojf " a 



£9.— Head and tail. end of blind snake {Co I m LUtken's Zoology. 



known in Europe to lay eggs when larva', when the gills are 

 still present, as lias been observed by three different natu- 

 ralists. The female larva of another European ealama 

 i Lissotriton punctatus) has also been known to la\ • __-. 

 Order 4, Gymnophiona. — The Mind snake with its sev- 

 eral allies is the representative 

 of this small hut interesting 

 order. The body is snake-like, 

 being Ion g and cylindrical; there 

 are no feel and no tail, the • 

 being situated at the blunl 

 of the body. The skin is sm< 

 externally, with scales embed 



in it, but with sealedike t : 

 verse wrinkles. Th< are 



minute, covered by the skin 

 i Fig. . inhab- 



• ^L0£ B*vv " l ' u ' ln T ' ^ 'iith Anieriea. 



■ Ifrv'Y .'a\a. I'eylou, and live like 

 *^-.'' T ... thworms in holes in the 



damp earth, feeding on insi 



larva'. They are 1. o\\ \\\a 

 Fi.i ,i. with i » . • i 



the Kills, un.i bead of Lhe same several feet in length. ( Cecilia 



after tin- k'" s bave been ab- , > . ■ , ■ •. r i 



Borbed, From LUtken's Zoolo- lumorVCOldeS inhabit bOUtil 



^'• v ' America. 



Cauda of Surinam is viviparous, the young being born in 

 water and possessing external gills which are leaf-shaped 



