A PYTHON AND ITS SKELETON. 



Fig. 28. — The African Python or Natal Rock Snake. [A/Ur Smith.) These snakes attain a length of 20 



feet and over. Colour, light brown, with irregular cross bands and squares of dark brown. 



Yellowish beneath, usually spotted and dotted with dark brown. 2. The complete skeleton of 



a South African Python (Python seba) 16 feet in length. This skeleton was prepared at the Port 



Elizabeth Museum, and is on exhibition there, 

 number of ribs, and sections of the backbone. 



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It is bored and wired throughout. Note the huge 



