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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
SPRING PEEPER 
The note of this piping hyla is a welcome 
sound about the ponds and swamps in early 
spring. Range: Eastern United States. 
Photograph by Herbert Lang. 
belief that any of the Salamanders is poisonous is a 
myth and has no basis in fact. 
Reptiles 
Reptiles include Alligators, Crocodiles, Turtles, Liz- 
ards and Snakes. It is commonly said that reptiles are 
cold-blooded. This means that the temperature of their 
blood varies and is the same as the surrounding medium. 
The .temperature of an Alligator that has been floating 
with its nose out of the water is the same as the sur- 
rounding water. The temperature of a turtle in the 
