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Species, named now L. biirtoni Gray will be found on closer 

 examination, as already various authors have given indica- 

 tions of specimens with 22 rows of scales. 



3. Fam. Agamidae. 



Body usually compressed, covered with imbricate or granular 

 scales; crests are often present. Head covered with small scales. 

 Tongue short, thick, slightly incised in front, villose (fig. i. j); 

 acrodont, teeth usually unequal in size, so that they may be 

 divided into incisors, canines and molars. Eye small, with 

 round pupil and well-developed eyelids. Ear distinct or hidden. 

 Limbs well-developed; digits often keeled or denticulated. 

 Femoral pores usually absent. Tail very long and not fragile, 

 prehensile in the genus Cophotis. They are arboreal or terres- 



c. 



d. 



Fig. 42. Eggs of Agaviidae. 



a. Draco volatis L. X ^Vsi ^- C<^lotes jubaliis (D. B.) nat. size; 



c. Calotes cristatelltis (Kuhl) nat. size ; d. yapalura ornata Lidtli X 2'/4' 



trial, the Indo-Australian genera being most of them arboreal; 

 some forms can rapidly change colour as chameleons do; 

 mostly oviparous. The eggs have a parchment-like shell and 

 are oval or spindle-shaped (fig. 42). 



