LIZARDS. 





large, being nearly till i in length, but rather 



sluggish lizards, with a dorsal row of h gh, thin 

 They are said to be • it eating. A - ill larger form, 



tnbling the iguanas, is the sea-lizard (Amblyrhynchus) 

 of tlic Galapagos Islands, where it lives <>n the r< the 



shore, feeding on sea-weeds. The largest lizard of the \\ 



Fig. 287.— West Indian Qekko. From LUtken's Zoology. 



ern Territories is the Heloderma or • • < ; i hi monster;" 

 allied to the iguanas, but the body is heavily tuberculated. 

 Its bite is poisonous. The largesl of all existing lizards are 

 tin' monitors, or species of Varanus, of Australia and thu 



Fio. 888.— Horned T m LQtken's Zoology. 



East Indies, which nearl\ rival the 

 five or six feet in length. 



OrderS. Chelonia (Test dinata, tortoises, turtles). T 

 animals are at once rec< 1 by their shell, the upper 



pan funning the carapace and the lower the 



e two parts unite to form a case or box, within which 

 the turtle can retract its head and limbs and tail. 



There are about fortj species of Chelonians in America 



