210 Mr, Gray's Description of a ncivGemis of Saurian Reptiles; 



1. Chameleon. Perratdt, Mem. Acad. Par. 1699. i. t. 25. 

 cop. Prosper Alp. Hist. Egypt, t. 10. 



Chameleo Parisiensis JLaur. 



2. Seha Thesaurus t. 82. f. 1. from which is described 

 Chamaeleon Mexicanus Laxir. Hept. 45. 

 Laceria Chamjeleon S>. Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 1069. 

 Chamaeleon calcaratus, part. Merrem Rept. 1. c. 



3. Seba Thesaurus t. 82. f. 2. cop. in Ency. Meth. t. f. 2. 

 from which is described, perhaps altered from Pcrrault, 



Chamaeleon carinatus. Merrem Rept. 162. 



4. Seba Thcs. i. t. 82. f. 3. from which is described 

 Chameleon Zeylanicus. Laur. Rept. 46. 



Senegalensis var. 2. Daud. Rept. 201. 



subcroceus. Merrem Rept. 162. 



5. Seba Thcs. i. t. 83. f. 4. from which is established 

 ? Chameleon vulgaris var. 1. Daud. Rept. 



? - Africanus, Laur. Rept. 46. 



? Lacerta Africana, Gmel. Syst. i. 1069. 

 ? Chameleon calcaratus, part. Merrem. 1. c. 



6. Chamaeleon Candidas, Laur. Syn. 46. 

 Lacerta Chameleon, y. Gmel. 1. c. 1069. 



? 7. Chameleon trapu, Geoff. Rept. dJ Egypt. 



8. Anatomy. 1. Perratdt Mem. Acad. Sci. Par. in. t. Trans. 

 PitficldNat. Hist. p. 16, und Blasius Anat. Anim. t. 14; skele- 

 ton copied. 



Seba Thesaurus, \. t. 82. f. 6. copied in Daudi?i Reptiles, 

 i. t. 2. f. 1. 



Cuvier Oss, Foss. v. ii. 

 Inhab. Africa and India. 

 Length 22 inches ; body 1 1 , tail 1 1 . 



Head over the eyes keeled ; occiput crested ; crest reaching 

 to the middle of the space between the ej'es ; scales small, uni- 

 form with those of the head ; the dorsal and medial ventral line 

 from the chin to the vent larger, naked ; the parts denticu- 

 lated, the venti'al line white, back of the head furnished with 

 a slight lobe covered with larger scales, not always evident in 

 the dried specimens ; but never so distinct as in C. dilepis. 



Most of the species have been described from Seba's figures, 

 which appear all to be referable to this species, although he 

 gave them as coming from various parts of the world : but no 

 reliance can be placetl in his habitats. Seba, i. t. 82. f. 2. 

 and 83. f. 4. has figured and added a sixth toe, which caused 

 Merrem to place them together under the name of C. calca- 

 ratus; but this appears to be only a character of what is often 



found 



