The western world. Picturesque sketches of nature and natural history in North and South America (1874)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 525
522 THE BOA. descending the monster’s throat. After a time the meal is finished, and the serpent—its body greatly distended—re- mains at rest, unwilling to move, when it may be easily captured by the daring hunter. The body of the boa is of a rich brown colour. A broad chain of large black spots,… … its back ; while the scales round the eyes are set in a circle, separated from those of the lips by two rows of smaller scales. The jaws are not united, but attached to the skull by muscles and ligaments, which enable it to dilate the mouth sufficiently to swallow bodies much larger than itself.…
Natural history · Natural history -- America
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