GLASS SNAKE 



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as it may seem, these odd creatures are related to the 

 iguanas. v 



No! The Glass "Snake" 1 does not join itself together 

 again after it has once been broken in two. And it is not 



GLASS "SNAKE.' 



by any means a snake! It is a smooth-bodied, legless lizard, 

 but so scaly and so snakelike in general appearance that 

 any stranger is quite excusable for calling it a snake. As a 

 matter of fact, the tail of this creature is so feebly attached 

 to the body that a very moderate blow with a stick breaks 

 the connection, and the reptile lies in two pieces. If left 

 until doomsday, the severed parts will not reunite, but the 

 body does its utmost to repair the injury by growing another 

 tail. As a matter of fact, the new growth of tail is but a 

 short and very imperfect substitute. 



1 O-phi-o-sau'rus ven-tral'is. 



