A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and Amphibia, with a description ...

with the skin.
1. CnAMELION, X//«.
, The only genus as yet known in the family.
*C. vulgaris, Latr. Lacerta chamaeleon, Lin, Africa.
**C. calcaratus, Merrem, ***C. bifidus, Brogniart,
This family is allied to several of the Stellionidx, as Pneiistes,
Scc.but; its affinity with Lacertunidne is not so apparent.
§11, Body covered xcith scales pr a bony case; legs often
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wantinsy or too small for walking; sometimes adapted for
swimming,
Orc?er III. Saurophidii, Gray. ./ijt^.';
Drum of the ear deep seated, partly covered with a posterior
transverse valve or by the skin; eyes furnished with longitudinal
eyelids ; skin covered with uniform imbricate scales, or rings of
square plates ; feet two, or four small, weak, sometimes wanting;
occipital condyle three cut ; lungs two unequal, or rarely only