Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 125
times attains a length of three feet. Tue Lizards of this family are remarkable for the extraordinary modifications of form which they exhibit. In one species, such as the tiger Lizard, a row of long, spike-like scales is raised upon the neck, in the dragons the skin of the sides is dilated to an… … membrane on each side, forming a most remarkable appendage to the animal without any apparent object. The Frilled Lizard is a native of Australia, and, like most of the family, is generally found on trees, which it can traverse with great address. It seems to be a bold and courageous animal,…
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