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TROPICAL AMERICA AND ITS ANIMALS 



its mouth, the reptile was removed without injury, when it was found that one of the 

 lower venom-teeth had penetrated the nail, two others had compressed the nail 

 sufficiently to produce extravasation beneath, and two of the solid upper teeth 

 were fixed in the tissues of the finger. The finger became swollen and discoloured, 

 the swelling and discoloration extending some way up the arm. Soon after the 



HORNED IGUANA. 



bite the lady was affected with severe headache, accompanied by pallor of the face, 

 perspiration, and sensations of vertigo. A short fainting fit also ensued. These 

 effects continued for about a week, after which they gradually disappeared. This 

 experience proves that heloderm-poison has severe effects on the human system. 



' The large lizard known as the teju (Tubinambis ter/uexin) is the typical 

 representative of the New World family Tiipinambidce, to which also belong the 

 exclusively South American genera Dracaena and Centropus, as well as several 



