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REPTILES. 
long, and prehensile; feet with five toes each, the anterior 
ones having two toes in front and three behind, and the poster¬ 
ior ones with three toes before and two behind, all united as 
far as the nails by a membrane ; tongue fleshy, cylindrical, and 
capable of much extension; teeth with three lobes ; eyes large, 
having separate movements, and nearly covered with the eyelids ; 
divested of external ears; occiput produced; lungs comprehensive. 
Chamceleon vulgaris. — The Common Chameleon. 
Plate LXXT. fig. 2. 
Head carinated over each eye; occiput and body furnished 
with a crest; scales on the back small cuneiform, those on the 
sides larger and tuberculated. Ten inches long. Inhabits 
India, Africa, and Southern Europe. 
TRIBE VI.-SCINCIDiE. 
Legs very short; tongue not extensible ; body covered with 
imbricated scales. 
Genus 24. — SC INC US.— Daudin. 
Generic Character. —Body elongated, covered with imbricated 
glistening scales of an oblong or rounded shape ; tongue fleshy, 
somewhat extensible, and slightly cleft at tip; jaws provided 
with small close-set teeth, and two rows in the palate; toes free, 
without nails. 
Scincus occiduus. —The Galley-Wasp. 
Plate LXXI. fig. 3. 
Body pale ferruginous, with white transverse fillets; tail 
short; molar teeth rounded, and two small lobes before the 
tympanum. Fifteen inches long. Inhabits Jamaica. 
Genus 25. — SEPS.— Daudin. 
Generic Character. —Body, neck, and tail, cylindrical and much 
elongated ; covered with rounded elliptical scales ; tongue short, 
slightly cleft at the point; feet small, the anterior and posterior 
ones far apart toes varying from three to five. 
Seps tridactylus. —The Three-Toed Eft. 
Feet provided with three very short toes without nails; body 
