524 THE SNAKES OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



90NES 



of Ihc 

 CLAW. 



BOMES 

 of the 

 CLAW, 



Fig. S.— The remote ancestors of snakes were lizard-like creatures with 

 limbs. This illustration shows the rudimentary hind limbs of thf' 

 South African Python. 

 (From an illustration in the British Museum Guide on Reptiles.) 



