The turtles, snakes, frogs and other reptiles and amphibians of New England and the north/Key to the Species

by Edward B. Knobel

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Key to the Species.

Body enclosed in a shell				Turtles.
	With walking feet; shell hard:
			Plain gray, brown or black	Figs. 1 to 7
			Marked with colored stripes or spots	8 to 14
		Shell soft, leathery		15 to 16
	With swimming feet, like paddles			17
Body covered with scales
	Four legs; or if not, the neck as wide as head		Lizards.
	No legs; neck narrower than head		Snakes.
			Spotted or barred	1 to 12
			Striped lengthwise	13 to 21
			Plain	22 to 26
			Ring around neck	27
Body covered with skin only
	No tail, when adult		Frogs.
		Green		1, 2, 3
		Brown, yellowish or gray		4 to 14
	With tail		Salamanders.