The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volume 12James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1873 - Science |
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Page 49
... genus containing very few species , was raised in 1858 by Dr. Günther to the rank of a family , and placed near the Elapidæ among the colubrine snakes . Mr. Cope , on the other hand , con- siders it allied to the vipers . Stannius ...
... genus containing very few species , was raised in 1858 by Dr. Günther to the rank of a family , and placed near the Elapidæ among the colubrine snakes . Mr. Cope , on the other hand , con- siders it allied to the vipers . Stannius ...
Page 50
... genus of Hydrophids , Platurus , which makes a near approach towards the Elapide . The number and disposition of its head - shields is almost identical ; its nostrils are lateral , not superior . " The poison - fang is short , and not ...
... genus of Hydrophids , Platurus , which makes a near approach towards the Elapide . The number and disposition of its head - shields is almost identical ; its nostrils are lateral , not superior . " The poison - fang is short , and not ...
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... genus Elaps itself , as now restricted , is characteristic of tropical America . Some fifteen species have been carefully distinguished , besides those which are doubtful . The number of species of this family inhabiting Asia and its ...
... genus Elaps itself , as now restricted , is characteristic of tropical America . Some fifteen species have been carefully distinguished , besides those which are doubtful . The number of species of this family inhabiting Asia and its ...
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... genus Halys , represented by two species in British India . Halys is remarkable for the long spinous scale in which its tail terminates - a rudiment of the " rattle " which some of its formidable American relatives possess . 6 Of the ...
... genus Halys , represented by two species in British India . Halys is remarkable for the long spinous scale in which its tail terminates - a rudiment of the " rattle " which some of its formidable American relatives possess . 6 Of the ...
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... genus Callophis . These are small serpents , with sluggish movements and dull senses . They have short fangs . They feed on harmless snakes , the Calamariæ , which curiously resemble them in habit and physiognomy . The Callophides will ...
... genus Callophis . These are small serpents , with sluggish movements and dull senses . They have short fangs . They feed on harmless snakes , the Calamariæ , which curiously resemble them in habit and physiognomy . The Callophides will ...
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