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hind which rises an osseous conical horn or pro- 

 cess, covered by a single scale. This Lizard is a 

 native of the island of St. Domingo, where it is 

 said to be very common. Mons. Cepede informs 

 us that he had seen two specimens, one of which 

 wanted the lar^e tubercles on each side the head. 



AMBOIXA GIAXA. 



Lacerta Amboinensis. L. cauda tereti longa, pinna cauduli 

 radiata, sutura dorsali dentata. SMosser de lacert. Ambui- 

 tiens. 1768. 



Long-tailed variegated Lizard, with radiated tail-fin, and den- 

 tated dorsal suture. Nat. Miscell. pi. 403. 



The variegated Amboina Lizard. 



THIS highly remarkable species appears to have 

 been first described by Valentyn, in his account of 

 the East Indies, and particularly of the island of 

 Amboina, where it is principally found ; but a 

 much more accurate description, accompanied by 

 an exquisite figure, was published in the year 1768 

 by Dr. Albert Schlosser. 



This Lizard appears in some degree to form a 

 connecting link, between the Guana and the Ba- 

 silisk. It grows to the length of three feet, or 

 even more, and is at once remarkable for the 

 singularity of its appearance and the beauty of its 

 colours. The head is rather lar"-e than small, 



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somewhat tubcrculated above, and covered with 

 small roundish scales : the upper jaw obtuse and 



