AMPHIBIA. 



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but ill calculated for the preservation of animal 

 life. The common large water-newt in particu- 

 lar is said to have been occasionally found com- 

 pletely imbedded in large masses of ice, in which it 

 must have remained inclosed for a very consider- 

 able period ; and yet, on the dissolution of the 

 ice, has been restored to life. 



The Amphibia may be divided into four distri- 

 butions, viz. Testudines, Ranee, Lacert(Z*, and 

 Serpent es ; or Tortoises, Frogs, Lizards, and Ser- 

 pents. 



The animals belono-incr to the three former of 

 these divisions constitute the order entitled Rep- 

 TiLiA, containing the Amphibia Pedata, or Footed 

 Amphibia. The last division, or that of Serpents, 

 constitutes the order Serpentes, containing the 

 Amphibia Apoda^ or Footless Amphibia, 



* The genus Draco is here supposed, in a general view, to be 

 included among the Lizards, though in the strictness of systematic 

 arrangement, it must be separated from them. 



