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SHARP-TAILED LIZARD. 



Lacerta Lophura. i. corpore squamis incequalibus vestito, dorso 



serrato, cauda longa compresso-carinata. 

 Lizard with the body covered by dissimilar scales ; the back 



serrated ; the tail long, and compresso-carinated. 



A VERY large species: at first view much re- 

 sembling the TeguLvin in size, colour, &c. but is 

 coated with scales of dissimilar size on different 

 parts ; large, rounded, and oval ones being scat- 

 tered here and there among the smaller : tail long, 

 carinated above, compressed, and sharp-pointed : 

 both back and tail serrated throughout their whole 

 length. In the British Museum, and in that of 

 Dr. William Hunter. 



DRACAENA LIZARD. 



Lacerta Dracaena. L. cauda supra denticulata longa, corpora 

 lievi. digitis svbcequalibus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 36o. 



Large long-tailed Li/ard, with smooth body and tail denticu- 

 lated along the upper part. 



Lacerta Americana maxima Cordylus & Caudrcerlera dicta. 

 Seb. l.p. 158. t. 101. 



THE Draca3na may be considered as one of the 

 largest of the Lizard tribe ; much exceeding the 

 Guana in the general size of the body, as well as 

 in the proportion of its limbs and tail. It is a na- 

 tive of several parts of South America, as well as 

 of some of the Indian islands, and is said to be 



