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north to California ; Tropidolepis (15 sp.), which has nearly the 

 same range; Leiocephalus (1-t sp.), Antilles, Guayaquil, and 

 Galapagos Islands ; Leiolcemus (14 sp.), Peru to Patagonia ; 

 Sceloporus (9 sp.), from Brazil to California and British Columbia, 

 and on the east to Florida ; Proctotretus (6 sp.), Chili and Pata- 

 gonia ; PJirynosoma (8 sp.), New Mexico, California, Oregon 

 and British Columbia, Arkansas and Florida; Iguana (5 sp.), 

 Antilles and South America; Cychfea (4 sp.), Antilles, Hon- 

 duras, and Mexico. 



Among the host of smaller genera may be noted : 

 Brachylophus, found in the Fiji Islands ; TrachycepJialus and 

 Oreocephalus, peculiar to the Galapagos ; Oreodeira, said to be from 

 Australia ; Diplolcemus and Phymaturus, found only in Chili and 

 Patagonia; and Callisaurus, Uta, Enphryne, Uma, and Hol- 

 brookia, from New Mexico and California. All the other genera 

 are from various parts of Tropical America. 



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FAMILY 51. AGAMID^E. (42 Genera, 156 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The extensive family Agamidse the Eastern representative 

 of the Iguanas is highly characteristic of the Oriental region, 

 which possesses about half the known genera and species. Of the 

 remainder, the greater part inhabit the Australian region ; others 

 range over the deserts of Central and Western Asia and Northern 

 Africa, as far as Greece and South Eussia. One genus extends 

 through Africa to the Cape of Good Hope, and there are three 

 peculiar genera in Madagascar, but the family is very poorly 

 represented in the Ethiopian region. Many of these creatures 

 are adorned with beautifully varied and vivid colours, and the 

 little " dragons " or flying-lizards are among the most interesting 

 forms in the entire order. The larger genera are distributed as 

 follows : 



