LIZARDS. 223 



Palate toothless. Throat with a slight longitudinal and distinct 

 hinder cross fold. Body subtriangular, not plaited on the sides. 

 Back covered with rhombic imbricate scales, obliquely directed 

 towards the dorsal line, and slightly crested. Tail moderately 

 i long, rounded, not crested. Femoral pores none. Toes fringed 

 with small acute scales on the outer side. 



* Scales of body keeled. Uraniscodon. 



The Uraniscodon. Uraniscodon umbra, Kaup. Bull. Sci. 

 Lophyrus ochrocollaris, Spix, Braz. 10, t. 12., f. 2. Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. iv. 248. Lacerta umbra, Linn. S. N. 367? 



Scales of the body keeled ; back with 7 brownish cross bands. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Rather bleached. S. America. 



b. Very young, in spirits. Pernambuco. Presented by J. P. G. 



Smith, Esq. 



** Scales smooth. Uperanodon. 



The Painted Uraniscodon. Uraniscodon pictum, Kaup. 

 Agama picta, Nieuw. Abbild. t. Schinz, Rept. 86, t. 25,/. 2. 



Gray, Griff. A. K. 40. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 251. Lophyrus 

 panthera, Spix^ Braz. \\,t. 13. 



Scales of the body smooth ; back with 5 blackish cross bands ; 

 palate ? 



Inhab. Brazils. 



43. Plica, Gray. Hypsibatus, Wagler. Lophyrus, Gray. 

 Hypselopus, Gravenh. Uraniscodon, part, Kaup. 



Head depressed, rounded in front, covered with unequal scales, 

 a large interparietal and superocular plates. Nape and ears with 

 tufts of spine-like scales. Nostrils lateral. Palate toothed. The 

 throat with a longitudinal and more distinct hinder transverse 

 folds. Body rather depressed, with 2 longitudinal folds on each 

 side. Back slightly crested, and covered with imbricate keeled 

 scales. Tail rounded or compressed. Femoral pores none. 



The Plica. Plica umbra, Gray^ Griff. A. K. ix. 41. Seba, 

 ii. i. 76, f. 5 ? Iguana Chalcidica, Law. Syii. 48 ? I. umbra, 

 Latr. Rept. i. 263. Daud. R. iii. 375. Cuv. R. A. ii. 37. Harlan^ 

 63. I. plica, Merrem, Tent. bb. Gravenh. Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. 

 771, t. b6,f. 1 — 5. Lophyrus agamoides, Gray, Phil. Mag. 1837, 

 ii. 208. Griffith, A. K. ix. t. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 254. 



Tail rounded ; back fulvous-brown, marbled with black trans- 

 verse bands. 



a. Inspirits. N.America? Georgia? 



