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legs four, toes 5, before and behind ; sternum short ; clavicles distinct; lungs extended into the abdomen ; living mostly on land. § 1 . Toncrue not extensile. Ascolabata, Merrem. Fam. I. J;5TELLioNiDiE. StelHoncs, Cuvier. Toes free ; inequal ; body subcompressed ; throat subpendu- lous, extensile. The throat of all, but more especially of the species of the latter section of this family, are more or less capable of being dilated by the processes of the os hyoides, as noticed by Baron Cuvier in his Essay on the Osteology of Lizards (Ossment Fos- siles, v. ii. p. ^81); and it has lately been described and figured in an excellent paper by Mr. Bell, in the Zoological Journal, as existing in the genu« Anolius. '\ Without any teeth in the throat; teeth equal, conical ; toes simple. Agamina, Gray. Stellionida?, Bell, without character. Gen.\. Uromastrix, Merrem. Body and head scaly; tail with large whirled pointed scales; femoral pores distinct. U. Richii, Gray. U. acanthinurus. Bell, not U. Anthurus,
Merrem. Common Africa. 2. Zonurus, Merren. Cordylus, Gronovias. Body scaly ; head and abdomen shielded ; tail Vvhorled ; spinose ; femoral pores distinct. Z. Cordylis, Merren. L. Cordylus, Lin, [Begin Page: Page 197] 1825.] Mr. Gray on the Genera of Reptiles, 197 3. Agama. Body and head scaly ; tail with small scales ; femoral pores none ; toes 5-5. This genus contains the following subgenera characterized by the form of the scales, &c. 1. Stelho, Baud; St. vulgaris ; Lacerta stellio, Lin. 2. Agama, Baud; A. muricata, Baud. 3. Tapayia, Gray ; T. orbicularis ; Lacerta, Lin, 4. Trapelus, Cmv. ; T. mutabilis, 7ioZ>. Calotes, Merren, 5. Calotes, Cuv. ; C. ophiomachus, nob. ; Lacerta Calotes, Lin. 6. Lyriocephalus, Merrem (Lophyrus, OppeL). L, margaritaceus, Merren,
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