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Show REPTILES AT HOME IN SAND Naturalist Makes Interesting Report ot Habits of Small Dwellers of the Desert. Quaint and curious nru the wnys of miiiip reptiles of thu desert, ns revealed by th fniiious imtumllst O. I.. Camp, who has been studying them In tho Colorado desert. Ma tells ot snmo rep-tlli'H, rep-tlli'H, tho burrowing stinko sonnru, tho grldlron-tulled llznrd, the ocollnted sand llrard, and tho desert "horned twill," which actually swim Into the loose sand by Hie strong lateral move-mi'iilK move-mi'iilK nf their heads. Tho gridiron tailed lizard Is very swift and agile, and when chased will rnco over tho Kami at II ft ecu miles an hour. Most of the desert reptiles of Colorado aro colored col-ored llko their' surroundings, nnd nre illlllcult to deteet. Others cnn change their colors to suit their surrounding', while nut n few of tho desert llzurds are nblo to part with their tails very readily w hen they are seized. There Is humor In the wiih of desert tortoises. When one meets another, unless both nro mules, when n light Invariably takes place, each nods Its bend rapidly up nnd down ns though In salutation, nnd sometimes noses nru touched us they pns. |