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Famihj Uromasticidae. 



ITcrbivorous agamoids, wholly or in jiart ol' sociul liabits. 



LlOLKi'is, Cuvier. 



Scales minute and granular. Tail depressed, with small square scales in 

 transverse bands. Femoral pores. Skin of sides lax. Edible. 



L. GCTTATUS, CuV. 



Colour pale reddish-brown, with numerous dark-margined orange spots on the 

 back, and the sides sharpl)- barred with black and orange. Tail grocTiish-lirown, 

 minutely yellow-dotted rtl)ov(\ Grows to nineteen inches, of which tlio tail is thirteen. 



Inhabits .Vrakan, Pegu and Tenasserim. 



Tills very handsome lizard is herbivorous, feeding on the crocus-liko flower 

 which springs up in commencement of the hot weather in JIarch, and is identified by 

 Dr. Mason with Kampfera camlidn. This lizard has been supposed, from its expansile 

 skin on the sides, to fly like Draco ; but the species is entirely terrestrial and a 

 bun'ower, and is never seen on a ti'ec and never attempts to fly. It is somewhat 

 gregarious in its habits, and is highly esteemed as food. It is called ' Padat ' by tho 

 Burmans and the Kiempfera accordingly ' Padat-za.' 



Order LOllICATA. 



Reptiles with Uw. boily covi'red above by bony plates imbediled in the skin. 

 Teeth lodged in sockets, and reproduced by endogenous succession. Vent linear, 

 logitudinal. Vertebra) proccelous. 



Famihi Crocodilidae. 



The fourth tooth of the lower jaw fits into a notch in the upper, so as to bo 

 visible when the gums are closed. Pive toes before, lour lichind. 



Ceocodilus, Cuvier. 



C. PALUSTRis, Less. 



Dorsal plates in six rows. Muzzle very blunt. 



This species is rare in Burma, but is found inland about Thaj-etrayo, and thence 

 up the Irrawaddy. 



C. POROsns, Scheid. 



Mijyoung. 



Dorsal plates in eight rows. Muzzle narrower than in the last. Very common in 

 Pegu and Burma in every tidal creek. It grows to thirty feet in length, and is a 

 dangerous animal, especially in the rains, when an old male will sometimes attack 

 small boats. It is dangerous, too, to walk at dusk near a river or creek tenanted 

 by these creatures, as at such a time they are specially active, and on the look 

 out for animals which approach the banks. They invariably drown their victims, 

 and delay their meal till decomposition has rendered the flesh easier to tear ofl'. 



The flesh is much esteemed by tho Burmans. 



GnAMAus, Cuvier. 



G. Gangf.ticus, Gmel. 



The long-nosed gharial is found in tlic Koladyne, but has not yet been obtained 

 in Pegu. 



Order CHELONIA. 



Shield reptiles. Vent circular. Tongue and reproductive organs single. 

 Oviparous. 



