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EEPTILES. 



Fam. III. Chirotes, (ChirotidjE). 



Teeth conical, recuiTed, simple, pointed, unequal, separate, 

 placed on the inner edge of the jaws. Nostrils in the naso-rostral 

 plate. The front members short, weak, furnished with 5 subequal 

 toes, one clawless. Preanal pores distinct. Tail short, cylindrical. 



1. Chirotes, Dumeril. Bimanus, Oppel. 



Toes 5. Head short, depressed, rounded in front. Rostral 

 plate 4-sided, perpendicular; fronto-nasal and rostral large ; fron- 

 tal very small. Shields of the chest and body similar. Tail elon- 

 gate, rounded at the end. 



The Chirotes. Chirotes lumbricoides, Flem. Ph. Zool. ii. 

 278. C. canaliculars, Cuv. R. A. Merrem, Tent. 181. C. Mex- 

 icain, Bory. Le Cannele, Lacep. Q. O. i. 613. Bipes canalicu- 

 lars, Bonnat. Erp. 68, t. 12,/. 6. Lacerta lumbricoides, Shaw, 

 Nat. Misc. vi. L. Mexicana, Donn. Zool. Beyt. iii. 135. L. 

 sulcata, Suchoio. Thier. iii. 147. Chamaesurus propus, Schinz. 

 Chalcides propus, Daud, Rept. iv. 372, t. 58, /. 4. Bimanus p. 

 Oppel. 46. 



Yellow, brown-spotted, whitish beneath. 



«, b. In spirits. Mexico, " Brazils." 



