LIZARDS. 61 



Fam. X. Cham^saures, (Cham^saurid^). 



Head covered with regular many-sided shields. Tongue 

 nicked. Palate toothless. Temple scaled like the back. Eye- 

 lids distinct, lower scaly. Body subcylindrical, elongate, the 

 whole except the head covered with rings of elongate keeled scales, 

 forming longitudinal series. Limbs rudimentary. Ears distinct, 

 small. No lateral groove. Sides rounded, covered with scales, 

 like the back. Africa. 



1. Cham^saura, i^i^^, Chalcides, Zrtwr. Chalcida, and 

 Monodactylus, Merrem. 



Feet fin-shaped, ending in a single claw. Nostrils in the low- 

 er hinder edge of the nasal shield. Back with 6 series of broad, 

 belly and sides with many narrow, long, keeled scales. Head- 

 plates keeled, elongate, scale-like, rather imbricate. 



The Anguine Lizard. Chamsesaura anguina, Schn. Amph. 

 210. Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 392. Bum. et Bib. E. G. v. 441. La- 

 certa anguina, Linn. S. N. 371. Seba, Thes. ii. t. 8,/. 7, 8. Lac. 

 monodactylus, Lacep. Ann. Mus. N. H. ii. t. 59, f. 1. Baud. Rep. 

 \v^ 342. t. 58,/. 1. Shaw, Nat. Mise. t. 947. Chalcides pinnata, 

 Laur. Syn. 64. Chalcida anguina, Merrem, Tent. 31. Lizard 

 Serpent, Vosmaer, Q. t.\. 



Brown, with a yellow streak on each side. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sir 

 James Macgregor, M.D. 



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