Excerpt from On the Serpents of New York: With a Notice of a Species Not Hitherto Included in the Fauna of the State Of the five numbers given at the end of the descriptions, the first indicates the number of the abdominal scutellae from chin to anus; the second is that of the pairs of subcaudal scutellae; the third, the dorsal rows, or the number of rows of scales around the body (excluding the abdominal series) the fourth number shows the entire length of the animal; and the fifth, the length of the tail in english ...
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Excerpt from On the Serpents of New York: With a Notice of a Species Not Hitherto Included in the Fauna of the State Of the five numbers given at the end of the descriptions, the first indicates the number of the abdominal scutellae from chin to anus; the second is that of the pairs of subcaudal scutellae; the third, the dorsal rows, or the number of rows of scales around the body (excluding the abdominal series) the fourth number shows the entire length of the animal; and the fifth, the length of the tail in english inches. In referring to the dorsal rows, the exterior one, or that next the scutellae, is considered to be the first, unless the contrary is stated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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