RECORD: Darwin, C. R. Schlegel, Hermann. 1843. Essay on the physiognomy of serpents. Edinburgh. Maclachlan, Stewart & Co. CUL-DAR.LIB.571. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.


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10 Many innocuous serpents (Q)  have grooved teeth p 42 on do.  important  —47 (Q)    

 22 Snakes & Lizards a good gap well filled up    p 24

 26 Great changes in position of viscera owing to shape (Q)  of body  correlation Ch 7 ; & great difference in different  forms  External organs more constant

 27 Number of vertebrae differing in same species

  38 Rudiments of posterior extremities in 3 genera

  45 Snakes with tips of ribs forming teeth (Q)

  55 Pancreas  Spleen  differs in species & varies in individuals. (Q)

  80 Crotalus mutus has spinet not rattle (N.Q)

 146. Coluber canus only species of genus in S. Africa & abnormal species

  199 ∗ Snakes in Isls of Pacific

  203 Section of genus Elaps, trifling distinction in S. America (& shows persistence  of trifling characters

  206 Corvus cornix & Corone breeding at Dresden (Ch. 4)

  207 Sardinia has many vars. (but not many distinct species)

  218 Many Mammals of Japan identical

  219 Saurians & snakes of Japan all distinct from Europe. Frogs the same !

  222  to 226, 8 — to 235  The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

 Much on Zoology of Malay Arch.    Philippines & Ceylon allied !

 240 N. America in Reptiles seems to have derived from South (do not range far N.

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