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TRINIDAD. 



Family II. — continued. 



Iquana Tuberculata. 



(a) 

 Hypsibatus Agamoi- 

 des. (b) 

 Salvator. 1 species. 



Salvator MeriancB. (c) 

 Ameiva. 2 species. 

 Ameiva Vulgaris, (d) 

 Ameiva Major, (d) 

 Chalcides. 2 species. 

 Amphisbaina Fuligi- 



nosa. (e) 

 Amphisbaina Alba, (e) 

 Scincoidece. 1 species. 

 Eumeces Spixii. (f) 



Order III. — Batrachians. 



Raniforms. 1 species. 



Pseudis Meriance. (g) 

 Hyl&forms. Several 

 species. 

 Hyla Viridis. (h) 

 Bufoniforms. Several 

 species. 

 Bufo Strumosus. (i) 



Order III. — continued. 



Pipaiforms. 1 species. 

 Pipa Americana, (j) 



Order IY. — Ophidia. 



Non- venomous. Several species. 

 Tortrix. 1 species. 



Tortrix Scytale. (k) 

 J?oa. 2 species. 



Boa Constrictor. (1) 

 5oa Murina. (m) 

 Coluber. Several species. 

 Coluber Variabilis. (n) 

 Dendrophis. 2 species. 

 Dendrophis Liocer- 



cus. (o) 

 Dendrophis Aurata. (p) 

 Yenomous. Several species. 

 Elaps. 1 species. 



Elaps Corallinus. 

 Trigonocephaly. 1 sj 

 cies. 

 Trigonocephaly 

 raraca. (r) 

 Crotalus. 1 species. 

 Crotalus Mutus. 



(a) Common guana, or lesard. 



(b) A lizard, remarkable for an inflated head and spinous or pencilled-like 

 groups on the vicinity of the ear. 



(c) Mato, or mate. (d) Ground anolis, or lizards. 



(e) Double-headed serpent, or serpent-a-deux-t6tes. 



(f) A pretty sleek little lizard, to be seen on trees, of a brown colour on the 

 back, and greenish below ; also with blackish points scattered along the back, 

 and a brown band on each side, imperfectly terminated. 



(g) Frog-fish, paradoxal-frog. 



(h) A beautiful frog of rather large size, green above, and a light pink beneath. 



(i) Our common crapaud. 



(j) A large ugly frog, caught in the Bejucal. 



(k) Rouleau. 



(1) Macajuel. 



(m) Huillia. 



(n) Clibo, or cribo noir. 



(o) Ash-coloured horse-whip, or rigoise-argentee. 



(p) Green horse-whip, or rigoise-verte. 



(q) Coral-snake, or serpent-corail. 



(r) Cascabel. 



The reptiles mentioned in the above catalogue are not m 

 with in all parts of the country indifferently. A few seem to 

 prefer the vicinity of man's habitation — such as the ameivas, 

 geckos, lizards ; the clibo, toads, and some tree-frogs ; also the 

 mato or safeguard, and smalkr lizards. Others, as the land and 



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