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Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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FIG. 19. BLUE-TAILED LIZARD, YOUNG AND ADULT The female of this species deposits her eggs, to the number ofabout a dozen, under the bark of a decaying tree, and coils aboutthe edge of the cluster in serpentine fashion until they hatch.Large specimens of the red-headed form measure eight inches inlength. In the South the species grows much larger and is veryabundant. The adult males are called Scorpions. Range: Southern Massachusetts to Florida; westward toTexas. Local distribution: General in sunny openings of woods, butnot common. REPTILES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 117 The Fence Swift, Sceloporus undulatus (Fig. 20), common everywhere in the southern United States, is very rare within aradius of fifty miles of New York City. In the pineforests of southern New Jersey this agile creature isparticularly abundant, and may be seen darting withbewildering speed along fences and fallen trees. FenceSwift.
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FIQ. 20. FENCE SWIFT Unlike the Blue-tailed Lizard, so conspicuous on account ofits shining scales, the Fence Swift presents a rough, lusterlesssurface. The scales are keeled and terminate in sharp, spine-like fashion. The body is rather broad, the head wide. Incolor this lizard is gray or brown with a series of Y-shapedblotches on each side of the body; the underside is dark-gray orblack with several large patches of blue. The latter patchesvary in intensity according t<; conditions of temperature and the n8 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL activity of the reptile. Six inches is the average length of fullymature specimens. Range: New Jersey to Florida. Local distribution: Recorded from the Palisades of the HudsonRiver and Monmouth County, N. J. REPTILES OE THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 119 TURTLES.Order Chelonia. Of the twelve species of turtles, or chelonians, found locally,throe are marine wanderers from warmer climes and of rareoccurrence. The marine turtles may be immediately recog

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