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real lizard of the W< -i [ndiea deposits hers in the hol- 

 lows of trees. Certain kinds are viviparous. 



Forming a connecting link between the lizards and the 

 serpents is the glass-snake I Opheosaurus), w liose bod} 1 is very 

 long, Bnake like, and limbless, as is also tin 

 phisbana of Brazil (Fig. £34) whose tail is oearl} as broad 



Fia. 234.— Head and tail of .i/K; From Liitl 



as tin.' head, and since the creature runs both backwards as 

 well as forwards it is popularly supposed to be two-licaded. 

 It feeds "ii ants and other insects, and lives in or about ant 



hills. 



The chameleons have the five toes arranged in two op- 

 posable groups adapted for grasping the twigs of ti 



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Fro. 835.— Tongue of Chameleon Natural size. 



their eves have a movable circular lid; they have remark- 

 ably long tongues (Fig. 235), which can be darted out five 

 or six inches at insects, which adhere to the sticky swollen 

 extremity while the body of the chameleon is ctly im- 



movable. Chameleons can change their color at will; as 

 can the Anohs I 1 ■' _. 236) of Florida, which is a long smooth- 



