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species, named now L. burtoni Gray will be found on closer 

 examination, as already various authors have given indica- 

 tions of specimens with 22 rows of scales. 



3. Fam. AGAMIDAE. 



Body usually compressed, covered with imbricate or granular 

 scales; crests are often present. Head covered with small scales. 

 Tongue short, thick, slightly incised in front, villose (fig. I. j); 

 acrodont, teeth usually unequal in size, so that they may be 

 divided into incisors, canines and molars. Eye small, with 

 round pupil and well-developed eyelids. Ear distinct or hidden. 

 Limbs well-developed; digits often keeled or denticulated. 

 Femoral pores usually absent. Tail very long and not fragile, 

 prehensile in the genus Cophotis. They are arboreal or terres- 



b. c. 



Fig. 42. Eggs of Agamidae. 



a. Draco volans L. X l1 /85 b - Calotes jubatus (D. B.) nat. size; 

 c. Calotes crlstatellus (Kuhl; nat. size ; d. Japalura ornata Lidth X 2 '/4- 



trial, the Indo- Australian genera being most of them arboreal; 

 some forms can rapidly change colour as chameleons do; 

 mostly oviparous. The eggs have a parchment-like shell and 

 are oval or spindle-shaped (fig. 42). 



