CATALOGUE 



Of 



LIZARDS. 



Order LACERTILIA * 



(continued). 



Suborder I. LACERTILIA VERA 



(co7itinued). 



Fam. 16. LACERTID^. 



Lacertiens, part., Cuvier, Rhgne Anim. ii. 1817. 



Lacertinidfs, Gray, Ann. Phil. (2) x. 1825, and Phil. Mag. (2) ii. 



1827. 

 Tracliydromoidea, part., Lacertoidea, Fitzinger, Neue Classif. Rept. 



1S26. 

 Autarchoglossse pleurodontes, part., Wagler, Syst. Amph. 1830. 

 Lacertfe, part., Wiegmann, Herp. Mex. 1834. 

 Lacertiens ccelodoutes, Dmneril ^- Bihron, Erp. Gen. v. 1839. 

 Lacertiuidas, Zonuridse, part.. Gray, Cat. Liz. 1845. 

 HolaspidiB, Gray, Proc. Zool Soc. 1863, p. 152. 

 Lacertidae, part., Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864. 

 Lacertidse, Boidenger, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (5) xiv. 1884. 



Tongue flat, elongate, bifid in front and behind, covered with 

 rhomboidal scale-like papillae or overlapping plicae converging for- 

 wards. 



Dentition strictly pleurodont, the teeth hollow at the base ; 

 lateral teeth bi- or tricuspid ; pterygoids frequently toothed. 



Prffiimaxillary bone single ; nasal and frontal double ; parietal 



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