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scales are carinate and more pointed. A yellow line delineates the back on both 
sides and another distinguishes the abdomen on both sides from the sides. 
17. Lizard with a long, verticillate tail, a lateral, curved back suture, squared 
scales. 
Amoen. acad. 1. p. 293. Lizard with a verticillate tail, subpentadactyl feet 24 , 
squared scales. 
It lives in southern areas. 
Short feet, distant, suited for running. Flat abdomen. 
18. Lizard with a long, hexagonal tail; carinate, pointed scales. 
It lives in America. Rolander. 
Small, with a dark back. All its scales, with the exception of the abdominal ones, 
are pointed, very carinate. Naked head, with various raised wrinkles. To the rear, 
where the neck scales begin, it is truncated and attached as it were. Beneath its 
throat are two large, rounded scales. The tail is 1 1/2 times longer than the body, 
hexagonal, very angular. 
* * * Tail terete and imbricate, longer than the body. 
19. Lizard with a short, terete, incurved tail, with two and three toes joined 
together. 
Amoen. acad. ^. p. 290, 501 .The same lizard. 
Mus. Ad. Fr. 1. p. 45. The same lizard. 
Gron. mus. 2. p. 76. n. 50. Chamaeleon. 
Olear. mus. 9. t. 8. f. 3. Chamaeleon. 
Bellon. itin. I. 2. c. 60. Chamaeleon. 
Best. mus. 1. 12. Chamaeleon. 
Valent, mus. I. 3. c. 31. Chamaeleon. 
Kircher. mus. 275. t. 293. f. 44. Chamaeleon. 
Jonst. quadr. t. 79. Chamaeleon. 
Seb. mus. 1. t. 82. /. 3. 4. 5. & t. 83. f. 5. 
Aldr. quadr. 670. Chamaeleon. 
It lives in Africa and Asia. 
Chamaeleon anatomy. Hasselq. iter. 297. 
It differs at the top by being flat and carinate. It slowly swells and shrinks its body. 
The eyes are covered, very brilliant, with a naked , golden pupil. Its gait is slow, 
with opposed, anomalous feet and with tail raised above. The tongue is 
lumbriciform, very long, and catches flies. It changes colors in warm places and is 
awake by night. 
20. Lizard with a terete, short tail, stubby toes, and a naked, porous body 
Amoen. acad. 1. p. 131. Lizard with a smooth, short tail, unarmed feet. Front feet 
are four-toed, hind feet five-toed. 
Mus. Ad. Fr. 1. p. 45. The same lizard. 
