JOURNAL 
vol. xxrn 
OF THE 
Mitchell Scientific Society 
LIBRARY 
NEW YOR! 
0OTANICA 
garden 
DECEMBER, 1907 
NO. 4 
ARTIFICIAL KEY TO THE SPECIES OF SNAKES 
AND LIZARDS WHICH ARE FOUND IN 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
1. Eyelids moveable; external ear present; underparts cov- 
ered with numerous scales; limbs present, except in 
Ophisaurus. Lizards. 2. 
Eyelids immovable; no external ears; under parts covered 
S with broad band like plates; limbs absent. Snakes. 7. 
2. Limbs absent. Length when adult about 2 ft. of which 
about two thirds are normally tail. * Glass or Joint Snake. 
{Ophisaurus v entrails). 
Limbs present. Length when adult 1 ft. or less. 3. 
j 3. Body very smooth and shiny. 4. 
Body not very smooth and shiny, scales at least somewhat 
rough. 5. 
: 4. Leng-th about 5 inches or less, unstriped. Ground Lizard 
(Leiolepisma later ale). 
Length over 5 inches or else with leng-thwise stripes. 
Large adults often unstriped with reddish head. Blue - 
•The tail as in all lizards is very easy to break off, and hence a glass 
make with an injured tail growing afresh, may have the tail quite short. 
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Printed Feb. 13, 1908 
