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horizontally flattened), while the feet resemble 

 those of the Gecko. The largest specimen ex- 

 amined by the Count de Cepede measured about 

 eight inches and six lines in length, of which the 

 tail measured two inches and four lines. The 

 head is very large, and much flattened : the eyes 

 large; the opening of the mouth wide; the teeth 

 very small and numerous, and the tongue broad, 

 divided, and resembling that of the Gecko : the 

 lower jaw is so thin or flat, that one would at first 

 imagine the lower part of the head to be wanting: 

 the outline of the whole head, viewed from above, 

 is almost triangular, as in the Chameleon; but the 

 triangle is of a much longer form, and without 

 any rising casque or crest, as in that animal : the 

 body is about twice the length of the head, and 

 is bordered by a membrane or prolongation of the 

 skin, which, commencing on each side the head, 

 is continued along those of the body, forming a 

 kind of fringed or fimbriated process, which also 

 passes down each leg, separating the upper surface 

 from the lower : the tail, which, as before ob- 

 served, is much shorter than the body, is so formed 

 as to resemble, in some degree, the shape of an oar; 

 being expanded into a wide membranaceous part on 

 each side, the true tail, or middle part, being taper 

 and small : the leo-s are rather short : the feet di- 



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vided into five toes, connected at their origin by 

 the skin of the legs, but much divided and ex- 

 panded at their tips, and are all furnished beneath 

 with a number of transverse lamellae, as in the rest 

 of the Gecko tribe : the skin on all parts resembles 

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