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... four fin - like feet ; a short tail . TORTOISE . I. The SPINOUS TORTOISE . Teftudo coriacea five Mercurii Rondel . 450 Gefner pifc.946 ? Teftudo coriacea ? Testudo pe- dibus pinniformibus muti- cis , tefta coriacea , cauda an- THI gulis ...
... four fin - like feet ; a short tail . TORTOISE . I. The SPINOUS TORTOISE . Teftudo coriacea five Mercurii Rondel . 450 Gefner pifc.946 ? Teftudo coriacea ? Testudo pe- dibus pinniformibus muti- cis , tefta coriacea , cauda an- THI gulis ...
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... four , an ex- cefs we never have met with in any of this genus . The head is painted 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 ...
... four , an ex- cefs we never have met with in any of this genus . The head is painted 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 ...
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... four- footed animals . Nature hath finely adapted its parts for thofe ends , the fore members of the body being very lightly made , the hind legs and thighs very long , and furnished with very strong muscles , While in a tadpole state ...
... four- footed animals . Nature hath finely adapted its parts for thofe ends , the fore members of the body being very lightly made , the hind legs and thighs very long , and furnished with very strong muscles , While in a tadpole state ...
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... four divided toes ; on the . hind five , a little webbed . The length of the body is two inches and a quar- ter ; the breadth , one and a quarter : the length of the fore legs one inch one - fixth ; of the hind legs , two inches . We ...
... four divided toes ; on the . hind five , a little webbed . The length of the body is two inches and a quar- ter ; the breadth , one and a quarter : the length of the fore legs one inch one - fixth ; of the hind legs , two inches . We ...
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Thomas Pennant. I BROWN LIZARD . p . 16 . SCALY LIZARD . Mazell I call 13 . Genus III . Slender naked body : four legs :
Thomas Pennant. I BROWN LIZARD . p . 16 . SCALY LIZARD . Mazell I call 13 . Genus III . Slender naked body : four legs :
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