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... extremely small , in propor- tion to the fize of the animal , whofe length was fix feet nine inches , and breadth from the tip of one fore leg to that of the other ten feet four inches . The covering of this fpecies is compared to that ...
... extremely small , in propor- tion to the fize of the animal , whofe length was fix feet nine inches , and breadth from the tip of one fore leg to that of the other ten feet four inches . The covering of this fpecies is compared to that ...
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... extremely fingular , Genera it being certain that the frog has not a penis intrans ; there appears a strong analogy in this cafe between a certain clafs of the vegetable kingdom and those B 2 animals ; animals ; for it is well known ...
... extremely fingular , Genera it being certain that the frog has not a penis intrans ; there appears a strong analogy in this cafe between a certain clafs of the vegetable kingdom and those B 2 animals ; animals ; for it is well known ...
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... The legs and feet were dusky ; on each foot were five toes , furnished with claws . Other fpecies , This fpecies is extremely nimble in hot This Clafs 111. SCALY LIZARD . 23 Genus III. Slender naked body: four legs: ...
... The legs and feet were dusky ; on each foot were five toes , furnished with claws . Other fpecies , This fpecies is extremely nimble in hot This Clafs 111. SCALY LIZARD . 23 Genus III. Slender naked body: four legs: ...
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Thomas Pennant. Other fpecies , This fpecies is extremely nimble in hot weather it basks on the fides of dry banks , or of old trees ; but on being obferved immediately retreats to its hole . The food of this fpecies , as of all the ...
Thomas Pennant. Other fpecies , This fpecies is extremely nimble in hot weather it basks on the fides of dry banks , or of old trees ; but on being obferved immediately retreats to its hole . The food of this fpecies , as of all the ...
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... extremely kind in making this fpe- cies far from being prolific , we having never heard of more than eleven eggs being found in one viper , and thofe are as if chained together , and each about the fize of a blackbird's egg . The viper ...
... extremely kind in making this fpe- cies far from being prolific , we having never heard of more than eleven eggs being found in one viper , and thofe are as if chained together , and each about the fize of a blackbird's egg . The viper ...
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