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greenish in some parts. It is a native of South 

 America, where, like the Guana, and some other 

 Lizards, it is occasionally used as a food : the eggs 

 also are said to be much esteemed for the same pur- 

 pose. It frequents woody and marshy regions. 

 Mons. de la Borde, a correspondent of the Count 

 de Cepede, kept one alive for some time : it often 

 continued in the water for hours together, hiding 

 itself when disturbed or affrighted, but delighted 

 in coming out occasionally, and basking in the 

 sun. 



VAR. ? 



In Brasil is said to be found a large lizard, 

 much resembling the Crocodile, which readily 

 climbs trees, and seems, according to the Count 

 de Cepede, to be no other than a variety of the 

 preceding; from which it differs in being of a 

 darker colour, and having shorter claws. It is 

 called by the title of Ignarucu. 



The L. bicarinata is described by Linnaeus, in 

 the Systema Naturse, as a small species. We 

 must, therefore, either suppose Linnasus to have 

 described a very young or small specimen, or the 

 species above described to be in reality different 

 from the bicarinata, though marked by similar 

 characters : or it is even possible that it may be a 

 sexual difference of the Dracaena, with which the 

 Count de Cepede appears to confound it by quot- 

 ing the figure of Seba as representing the same 

 animal. 



