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Family III. AGAM1D.E. 



Skull with bony postorbital and postfronto-squamosal arches, the 

 first-named formed by the frontal and the jugal, the latter by the 

 postfrontal and the squamosal ; supratemporal fossa not roofed 

 over ; praemaxillary single ; nasals distinct ; parietal single ; a 

 fibro-cartilaginous interorbital septum ; a columella cranii. Teeth 

 anchylosed to the parapet of the jaws ( Acrodont dentition), usually 

 unequal in size or divisible into incisors, canines *, and molars ; 



pm. 



Fig. 34. Skull of Calotes jubatus. 

 A. Side view. B. Upper view. C. Lower view. 



;'. Jugal. 



m. Maxillary. 



n. Nasal. 



p. Parietal. 



pi. Palatine. 

 pm. Praemaxillary. 

 prf. Prscfrontal. 



pi. Pterygoid. 



ang. Angular. 

 or. Articular. 

 bp. Basiphenoid. 

 cr. Coronoid. 



d. Dentary. 

 eo. Exoccipital. 



/. Frontal. 



is. Interorbital septum. 



ptf. Postfrontal. 



q. Quadrate. 

 s.ang. Supra-angular. 

 so. SupraoccipitaL 

 sq. Squamosal. 

 st. Supratemporal. 

 tp. Transpalatine. 

 v. Vomer. 



* Canines are absent in Uromastix. 



