Practical taxidermy, and home decoration : together with general information for sportsmen (1880)
Batty, Joseph H., d. 1906 · New York : Orange Judd Company · leaf 128
the Racer, is found only on the dusty plainsof the far West. There is not a little superstition regarding lizards, andmany believe their bite causes death. The Americanspecies are harmless and really pretty. Their bodies aretranslucent, cold, and disagreeable to the touch, and theirvarying color,… … COLLECTIiqG A^i^B PEEPARIi^G REPTILES. 125 the hand, or a scoop-net, and should be placed in picklefor reptiles, etc. Snakes abound in all lands, though in the UnitedStates the species are not so widely distributed as birdsand mammals. Smaller snakes can generally be handledwith impunity, but the…
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