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resembles a broad collar, uot unlike the gigantic lace-ruffs of Queen 

 Elizabeth's time. When startled, this Lizard is said to rise with 



Fig. 9. 



Frilled Lizard from Australia {Chlamydosaurus hingii). 



the fore legs off the ground, and to jump in kangaroo-fashion. An 

 extraordinary creature is the Moloch {Moloch horridus), also from 



Fig. 10. 



Moluch horridus (Australia). 



Australia ; the tubercles and spines, with which it is entirely 

 covered, give it a most repulsive appearance ; but it is perfectly 

 harmless. Other Lizards of this family are the Australian Gram- 

 mutophora and the African and Asiatic Uromastix. 



