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Family III. AGAM1D.E. 



Skull with bony postorbital and postfronto-squamosal arches, the 

 first-named formed by the frontal and the jugal, the latter by the 

 postfrontal and the squainosal ; suprateraporal fossa not roofed 

 over ; praeinaxillary single ; nasals distinct ; parietal single ; a 

 fibro-cartilaginous interorbital septum ; a columella cranii. Teeth 

 anchylosed to the parapet of the jaws (Acrodont dentition), usually 

 unequal in size or divisible into incisors, canines *, and molars ; 



A. Side view. 

 ang. Angular. 

 ar. Articular. 

 bp. Basiphenoid. 

 cr. Coronoid. 

 d. Dentary. 

 eo. Exoccipital. 

 /. Frontal. 

 is. Interorbital septut 



Fig. 34. Skull of Calotes jttbattts. 



B. Upper view. C. Lower vie 



/. Jugal. 

 m. Maxillary. 

 n. Nasal. 

 p. Parietal. 

 pi. Palatine. 

 pm. Prasmaxillary. 

 prf. PrjefroiitaL 

 pt. Pterygoid. 



ptf. Postfrontal. 



q. Quadrate. 

 s.ang. Supra-angular, 

 so. Supraoccipital. 

 sq. Squamosal. 

 st. Supratemporal. 

 tp. Transpalatine. 

 v. Vomer. 



Canines are absent in Uromastix. 



