Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Synopsis of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Illinois
Body enclosed in a bony shell, wide, and more or less de pressed. Legs four. Order chelonia. Body more or less cylindrical, never greatly depressed, covered with small scales, generally imbricated. Eyelids and ex ternal ears present. Legs commonly four; if wanting, with rudimentary sternal arch. Lizards Order sauria. Body very long and slender, cylindrical, back covered with small imbricated scales, belly commonly with larger scales.
No legs, or at most with rudiments of the hind pair. Sternal arch, eyelids, and external ears wanting. Snakes. Order ophidia.
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