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SAURIA. VARANIDiE. 



half of the tail is ringed with alternate bands of 

 the same colours. 



The Teguixin is spread over the greater part 

 of South America, from Guiana to Brazil ; it is 

 also attributed to the West Indies, but we think 

 erroneously, though it may possibly occur in 



Trinidad. Our knowledge of its habits is prin- 

 cipally derived from the great naturalist of South 

 America, D'Azara. He asserts that though it 

 readily takes to the water as a refuge from dan- 

 ger, it does not swim, but sinks and walks along 

 at the bottom. It fights with resolute courage 

 when attacked or captured, biting with great 

 severity and maintaining its grasp with inflexible 



