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Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: United States. War Dept United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Subjects: Pacific railroads Natural history Indians of North America
Publisher: Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer (etc.)
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1849, 256.—Girard, Herp. U. S. Ex. Ex. lt-58,8; pi. ifigs. 26—33. Columbia river. Dr. Newberry. SIREDON GRACILIS, Baird. Plate XLIV, Fig. 2. Spec. Ciiab.—Body slender; head short; branchial arches almost vertical, their pectination coarse and distant. Generalcolor reddish brown, marmorated and blotched, (almost vermiculated,) obscurely with blackish; quite distinctly «o on thebelly. Length C^ inches. Head and body about .S^. This species differs from 8. lichenoides^ in the variegation of reddish brown and dark brownin nearly equal proportions. The body is more slender; the branchial arches more perpendicularto the axis of the body. The feet are quite well developed. The form is much more slenderthan in S. mexicanus, the limbs stouter, the color quite different. 4080. Cascade mountains, near latitude 40°. Dr. Newberry. A full grown specimen of S. lichenoides, from the Kocky mountains, is figured on the same plate for comparison. IJ.S.rTtR. Ex. &. Surveys Reptiles: Plate X)
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