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Identifier: waterreptilesofp1914will Title: Water reptiles of the past and present Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors: Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 Subjects: Aquatic reptiles Publisher: Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press Contributing Library: Boston Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library
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Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 129.—Trionyx, river turtle.Society.) (By permission of the New York Zoological ing while seeking for better game, it in part makes up for theannoyance it causes by furnishing in its own body a not unpalatablefood for those who like to eat reptiles. The river turtles will be readily recognized from the accompany-ing illustration (Fig. 129). They are very flat, covered with asoft, smooth skin, with a long, sinuous neck and a small, snake-likeand vicious-looking head which has a protuberant snout with theexternal nasal orifice at its end. Their feet are webbed and some-what paddle-like, but always with three stout claws—whence 246 WATER REPTILES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT comes the name of the group—on the anterior digits, which areused for burrowing in the mud and excavating, holes for theireggs. These turtles burrow more or less in the mud, with the longneck free, lying in wait for their prey, and coming to the surfacefrom time to time to breathe. As the shape of the body and t
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