Identifier: introductiontozo00dave Title:
Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools; Year:
1900 (
1900s) Authors:
Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- Subjects:
Zoology Publisher:
New York, Macmillan company London, Macmillian and co., ltd. Contributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ley and south.4 It is a veryvoracious scavenger of the water, and bites the hookfiercely. It is noted for its great tenacity of life underunfavorable conditions. The only other living repre-sentative of this family is the Japanese giant salamander,which becomes three metres long. The Amblystomidae5 include some twenty-five speciesbelonging to five genera, four of which occur in northern O O o and eastern Asia, and the fifth, Amblystoma, is confinedto the United States and Mexico, excepting one species,occurring in Siam. The common species of New Englandand the Central States is known as the Spotted Sala- 1 Hporeys, a sea-god possessed of the power of changing himself intodifferent shapes. 2 Probably a modification of a native name. 3 /cpiTrros, hidden ; /3/>d7xio;>, S1^- 4 Fig. 242. 5 From d/i/SMs, blunt; crT6/j.a, mouth. 8 258 ZOOLOGY mander. It is about 15 centimetres long, and black, witha series of yellow spots on each side of the back. It lays • ••1111,-v^ ^—*MniK» Text Appearing After Image: ^*_;v FIG. 242. — Cryptobranchus, the hellbender. Reduced. From .Stand-ard Natural History. eggs in springs or ponds during April; the dark grayeggs are contained in great masses of jelly which are Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.