item: #1 of 9 id: 21049 author: Garis, Howard Roger title: The Curlytops and Their Pets; Or, Uncle Toby's Strange Collection date: None words: 49093 flesch: 96 summary: Teddy Martin jumped up so suddenly from the bank of the brook, where he was loading his ship with what he called swords, guns and gunpowder, that he tipped the vessel over and the whole cargo was spilled into the water. A moment later Teddy Martin came pushing his way through the crowd now in the bakery. CHAPTER XI TOP ACTS STRANGELY Mr. Martin, the father of the Curlytops, Mr. Capper, the baker, and the crowd of persons in the shop looked at Teddy and his friend, Jimmy Norton, as the two boys hurried into the place. keywords: circus; curlytops; dog; dogs; house; jack; janet; little; man; martin; monkey; mother; mrs; pets; skyrocket; teddy; tip; toby; tricks; trouble; uncle cache: 21049.txt plain text: 21049.txt item: #2 of 9 id: 22327 author: Reese, A. M. (Albert Moore) title: Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator date: None words: 11305 flesch: 70 summary: The end of the lung rudiment, _lu_, is slightly enlarged and lies in a plane nearer to the observer than that of the oesophagus, _oe_, though this is not well shown in the figure. The projection from the side of the duodenum, _pan_, not well figured here, indicates the position of the pancreas, better shown in the next reconstruction. keywords: caudad; cells; embryo; end; enteron; figure; oesophagus; pharynx; region; section; stomach cache: 22327.txt plain text: 22327.txt item: #3 of 9 id: 31574 author: Legler, John M. title: A New Subspecies of Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, México date: None words: 4292 flesch: 68 summary: The morphological similarity of _P. s. taylori_ and _P. s. elegans_ indicates that both were derived from this parent stock; similarity of both subspecies to populations of _P. s. ornata_ in Tamaulipas suggests that the latter subspecies may also be a derivative of the mentioned stock of the lower Río Grande. I have examined what I consider to be typical examples of _P. s._ _elegans_ from the region of Múzquiz (CNHM 28843-45, 55625-45), and from Don Martín Reservoir (KU 33524). keywords: = =; ciénegas; cuatro; scripta; subspecies; taylori cache: 31574.txt plain text: 31574.txt item: #4 of 9 id: 33543 author: Duellman, William Edward title: The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México date: None words: 58687 flesch: 74 summary: Near Tehuitzingo, Puebla, where _S. pyrocephalus_ was not found, _S. gadowae_ was found on conglomerate cliffs. _Hypsiglena affinis_ differs from _H. torquata_ in possessing 19 instead of 21 rows of dorsal scales. keywords: apatzingán; arid; balsas; brown; bull; coalcomán; colima; color; cordillera; dark; de coalcomán; dorsal; duellman; elev; elevations; forest; individuals; kansas; kilometers; lago; length; locality; lowlands; males; meters; mexican; michoacán; mus; méxico; nat; oak; oak forest; pale; pine; plateau; río; san; sci; scrub; scrub forest; sierra; sierra de; smith; snout; species; specimens; tail; taylor; tepalcatepec; tropical; type; ummz; univ; uruapan; valley; vent; volcánica; | | cache: 33543.txt plain text: 33543.txt item: #5 of 9 id: 34127 author: Hardy, Laurence M. title: Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard date: None words: 6291 flesch: 66 summary: ------------+----------+-----------+------------+---------+---------- Number |Number |Per cent |Number |Number |Per cent of |of |of |of |of |of Supralabials|specimens |occurrence |infralabials|specimens|occurrence ------------+----------+-----------+------------+---------+---------- 6-6 | 221 | 90.2 | 5-5 | 5 | 2.0 6-7 | 10 | 4.1 | 5-6 | 4 | 1.6 7-6 | 10 | 4.1 | 6-5 | 5 | 2.0 7-7 | 4 | 1.6 | 6-6 | 229 | 93.1 | | | 6-7 | 1 | 0.4 | | | 7-6 | 2 | 0.8 ------------+----------+-----------+------------+---------+---------- In three of the four specimens with 7-7 supralabials, the type of addition is the same on each side, whereas the other specimen has a different type of addition on each side. Variation in Contact of the Prefrontals and the Labials in 243 Specimens of Tantilla gracilis. ----------------------------------------------------+---------+---------- |Number |Per cent CHARACTERISTIC |of |of |specimens|occurrence ----------------------------------------------------+---------+---------- No contact | 147 | 60.5 Contact of prefrontal with second labial on right | 26 | 10.7 Contact of prefrontal with second labial on left | 10 | 4.1 Contact of prefrontal with each second labial | 53 | 21.8 Contact of prefrontals with labial two on left and | | labial three on right | 1 | 0.4 Contact of prefrontals with labial three on left and| | labial two on right | 3 | 1.2 Contact of prefrontals with labial two on left and | keywords: = =; characteristics; gracilis; length; n =; right; specimens; | | cache: 34127.txt plain text: 34127.txt item: #6 of 9 id: 34554 author: Breukelman, John title: Selected Records of Reptiles and Amphibians from Kansas date: None words: 3798 flesch: 79 summary: Jetmore. _Lyon Co._: 5 miles south of Plymouth; 6 miles southeast of Emporia; 9 miles southwest of Emporia. _Lyon Co._: 1.5 miles northwest of Reading. keywords: city; co.; emporia; lyon; lyon co.; miles; ness; north; nos; southwest cache: 34554.txt plain text: 34554.txt item: #7 of 9 id: 34949 author: Webb, Robert G. title: Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea date: None words: 9966 flesch: 76 summary: Judging from our observations, _amurensis_ prefers the proximity of water, whereas _temporaria_ may occur some distance from permanent water. At Chip´o-ri on April 6, individuals (probably _R. t. dybowskii_) were seen in a seepage pool from an abandoned rice field; _R. nigromaculata_ also was seen there. keywords: cheju; forest; korea; length; locality; nat; national; rana; seoul; species; specimens; ummz cache: 34949.txt plain text: 34949.txt item: #8 of 9 id: 38398 author: Duellman, William Edward title: Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Petén, Guatemala date: None words: 18428 flesch: 76 summary: At the suggestion of L. C. Stuart, I am following Schmidt (1941:501) in placing _X. mexicanus_ as a subspecies of _X. rabdocephalus_. Schmidt (1936:151) and Stuart (1943:13) found _B. moreleti mulleri_ in bromeliads at Finca Samac, Alta Verapaz. keywords: = =; alta; black; brown; chinajá; el petén; figures; floor; forest; guatemala; length; nnw; petén; río; snout; southern; species; specimens; stuart; tail; text; toocog; trees; verapaz cache: 38398.txt plain text: 38398.txt item: #9 of 9 id: 45873 author: Figuier, Louis title: Reptiles and Birds A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting date: None words: 198503 flesch: 70 summary: The Americans possess many species of _Fringilla_, some of them having plumage of a fine rose colour. Holaspidæ_, and the more extensive one of _Zonuridæ_. keywords: africa; air; america; animals; appearance; aquatic; asia; base; beak; bill; birds; black; body; breeding; brown; claws; coast; colour; common; countries; country; day; days; distance; duck; eagle; eggs; end; europe; eyes; fact; falcon; family; feathers; feed; feet; female; fig; fish; flesh; flight; flocks; fly; food; form; france; french; frogs; genera; genus; good; green; grey; ground; group; habits; half; head; illustration; inches; india; inhabit; insects; islands; kind; lakes; legs; length; life; limbs; linn; living; lizards; male; man; manner; mcgillivray; means; middle; native; nature; neck; nest; new; night; north; number; ones; order; owl; parts; place; plumage; pointed; prey; red; regions; reptiles; rivers; scales; sea; season; shore; sides; size; skin; slender; snakes; south; southern; species; spring; state; surface; tail; tarsi; time; toes; tongue; tortoises; trees; upper; water; way; white; wild; wings; winter; world; worms; year; yellow; young cache: 45873.txt plain text: 45873.txt