A history of British reptiles / By Thomas Bell.

  • Thomas Bell
Date:
1849
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A history of British reptiles / By Thomas Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Zootoca vivipara the scales are so round and small as almost to form tubes. The tail is covered with numerous distinct whorls, according to Duges from fifty to eighty, of elongated scales, which are longer, narrower, and more dis- tinctly carinated towards the extremity. The number of whorls varies considerably in different individuals. The following are the dimensions of one of moderate size :— Total length Length of the head „ body « tail Breadth of the head In. Lines. . 7 2 0 9 . 2 5 4 0 . 0 7 D
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